--- title: But Paul refused to listen to all her entreaties, and declared that… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But Paul refused to listen to all her entreaties, and declared that he was not afraid of the dragon, and did not care how many heads he had; and he sat down calmly to wait for him. Who acts: Paul. 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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 (Paul), 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:pg2435:31:66 # text = But Paul refused to listen to all her entreaties, and declared that he was not afraid of the dragon, and did not care how many heads he had; and he sat down calmly to wait for him. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Paul Paul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 entreaties entreaty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 advcl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 26 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 27 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 35 down down ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 calmly calmly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | Paul | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **listen** | to-infinitive | Paul *not said here* | | | | | to maiden's entreaties | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to entreaty=Theme | | 3 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **is** | past | Paul | | | | | of the dragon; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **care** | past · do-support | | many heads | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | past | Paul | many heads *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 7 | **sit down** | past | Paul | | | | | calmly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **wait** | to-infinitive | Paul *not said here* | | | | | for dragon | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/67/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/)