According to Groening, ``Homer originated with my goal to both amuse my real father, and just annoy him a little bit. My father was an athletic, creative, intelligent filmmaker and writer, and the only thing he had in common with Homer was a love of donuts.'' Although Groening has stated in several interviews that Homer was named after his father, he also claimed in several 1990 interviews that a character in the 1939 Nathanael West novel The Day of the Locust was the inspiration for naming Homer.
According to Groening, ``Homer originated with my goal to both amuse my real father, and just annoy him a little bit.
case
ExtPos=ADP|VerbForm=Ger
accord
According
VERB
VBG
fixed
to
to
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Groening
Groening
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
nsubj
Number=Sing
Homer
Homer
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
originate
originated
VERB
VBD
case
with
with
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
my
my
PRON
PRP$
obl
Number=Sing
goal
goal
NOUN
NN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
cc:preconj
both
both
DET
DT
advcl
VerbForm=Inf
amuse
amuse
VERB
VB
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
my
my
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
real
real
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
father
father
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
advmod
just
just
ADV
RB
conj
VerbForm=Inf
annoy
annoy
VERB
VB
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
him
PRON
PRP
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
little
little
ADJ
JJ
obl:npmod
Number=Sing
bit
bit
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
My father was an athletic, creative, intelligent filmmaker and writer, and the only thing he had in common with Homer was a love of donuts.''
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
my
My
PRON
PRP$
nsubj
Number=Sing
father
father
NOUN
NN
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
athletic
athletic
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
conj
Degree=Pos
creative
creative
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
amod
Degree=Pos
intelligent
intelligent
ADJ
JJ
root
Number=Sing
filmmaker
filmmaker
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
writer
writer
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
only
only
ADJ
JJ
nsubj
Number=Sing
thing
thing
NOUN
NN
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
had
VERB
VBD
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
common
common
NOUN
NN
case
with
with
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Homer
Homer
PROPN
NNP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
conj
Number=Sing
love
love
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Plur
donut
donuts
NOUN
NNS
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''
Although Groening has stated in several interviews that Homer was named after his father, he also claimed in several 1990 interviews that a character in the 1939 Nathanael West novel The Day of the Locust was the inspiration for naming Homer.
mark
although
Although
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Number=Sing
Groening
Groening
PROPN
NNP
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
have
has
AUX
VBZ
advcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
state
stated
VERB
VBN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
several
several
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Plur
interview
interviews
NOUN
NNS
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
Homer
Homer
PROPN
NNP
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
acl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
name
named
VERB
VBN
case
after
after
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obl
Number=Sing
father
father
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
advmod
also
also
ADV
RB
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
claim
claimed
VERB
VBD
case
in
in
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
several
several
ADJ
JJ
compound
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1990
1990
NUM
CD
obl
Number=Plur
interview
interviews
NOUN
NNS
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Sing
character
character
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1939
1939
NUM
CD
compound
Number=Sing
Nathanael
Nathanael
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
West
West
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
novel
novel
NOUN
NN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
The
DET
DT
appos
Number=Sing
Day
Day
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
Locust
Locust
PROPN
NNP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
ccomp
Number=Sing
inspiration
inspiration
NOUN
NN
mark
for
for
SCONJ
IN
acl
VerbForm=Ger
name
naming
VERB
VBG
obj
Number=Sing
Homer
Homer
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.