--- title: His parents sent him away to learn several things, but Halvor stayed… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: His parents sent him away to learn several things, but Halvor stayed nowhere, for when he had been gone two or three days he always ran away from his master, hurried off home, and sat down in the chimney corner to grub among the ashes again. Who acts: parents, Halvor, couple. 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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 (parents, Halvor, couple), 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:pg540:6:3 # text = His parents sent him away to learn several things, but Halvor stayed nowhere, for when he had been gone two or three days he always ran away from his master, hurried off home, and sat down in the chimney corner to grub among the ashes again. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 Halvor Halvor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 14 nowhere nowhere ADV RB PronType=Neg 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 22 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 23 or or CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 conj _ _ 25 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 28 advmod _ _ 28 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 away away ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 hurried hurry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 35 off off ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 down down ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 chimney chimney NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 grub grub VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 47 among among ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 50 again again ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send away** | past | couple's parents | couple | | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **learn** | to-infinitive | couple's parents *not said here* | several things | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | | 3 | **stay** | past | Halvor | | | | | nowhere *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **go** | past · perfect · passive | | couple | | | day | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **run away** | past | couple | two days *not said here* | | | | always, away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme day=Trajectory | | 6 | **hurry** | participle | | couple's master *not said here* | | home | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme off home=Trajectory | | 7 | **sit down** | past | couple's parents *not said here* | | | the chimney corner | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location | | 8 | **grub** | to-infinitive | couple's parents *not said here* | | | | again | among the ashes | tree rules | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/6/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/6/4/) - ↑ back to [Soria Moria Castle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/6/)