--- title: He said that he did like to be with them, for they had enough to liv… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He said that he did like to be with them, for they had enough to live on, and he was very comfortable there; but he longed to go home, for his father and mother were alive, and he had a great desire to see them again. Who acts: Halvor, heads, father. 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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 (Halvor, heads, father), 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:pg540:6:72 # text = He said that he did like to be with them, for they had enough to live on, and he was very comfortable there; but he longed to go home, for his father and mother were alive, and he had a great desire to see them again. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 15 enough enough ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 very very ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 comfortable comfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 25 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 longed long VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 home home ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 again again ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Halvor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **like** | past · do-support | Halvor | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | Halvor *not said here* | | | | | with heads *= head* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | heads *= head* | | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **live on** | to-infinitive | heads *= head* *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | Halvor | | | there | | comfortable *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **long** | past | Halvor | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Halvor *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **is** | past | Halvor's father and mother | | | | | alive *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **have** | past | Halvor | a great desire | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desire=Patient | | 11 | **see** | to-infinitive | Halvor *not said here* | heads *= head* | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/6/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/6/73/) - ↑ back to [Soria Moria Castle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/6/)