--- title: For a long while the old man refused to have anything to do with suc… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For a long while the old man refused to have anything to do with such a wicked scheme; but his son talked him over in the end, and they killed the oxen as they had killed the sheep and the pigs. Who acts: old man, son, man. 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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 (old man, son, man), 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:pg2435:26:122 # text = For a long while the old man refused to have anything to do with such a wicked scheme; but his son talked him over in the end, and they killed the oxen as they had killed the sheep and the pigs. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 obl _ _ 4 while while SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 18 det:predet _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 scheme scheme NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 over over ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 oxen oxen NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | the old man | | | | | for a long | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **have** | to-infinitive | the old man *not said here* | anything | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | the old man *not said here* | anything *not said here* | | | | with such wicked scheme | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **talk over** | past | son's son | Herdsman | | | in the end | | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 5 | **kill** | past | man | the oxen | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oxen=Theme | | 6 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive | | man | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer sheep=Result | 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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/26/121/) - next →: [sentence 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/26/123/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/26/)