--- title: However, he could not dismiss the thought from his mind, and next mo… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, he could not dismiss the thought from his mind, and next morning he rose very early, for he felt he must go and look at his daughter’s husband and see whether he really was nothing better than a mere ragged beggar. Who acts: brother. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brother), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7277:49:64 # text = However, he could not dismiss the thought from his mind, and next morning he rose very early, for he felt he must go and look at his daughter’s husband and see whether he really was nothing better than a mere ragged beggar. 1 However however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 dismiss dismiss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 18 very very ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 36 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 38 really really ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 37 conj _ _ 41 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 35 obl _ _ 42 than than ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 mere mere NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 45 ragged ragged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **dismiss** | could | brother | the thought | | brother's mind | | however *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent thought=Theme from mind=Source | | 2 | **rise** | past | brother | | | | morning | early *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **feel** | past | brother | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **go** | must | brother | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **look** | infinitive | brother *not said here* | | | | | at brother's daughter's husband | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at husband=Theme | | 6 | **see** | infinitive | brother *not said here* | better | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | past | brother *not said here* | nothing | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **mind** | | brother | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/65/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Lads](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/)