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title: Halvor would not hear of that, he was absolutely determined to stay… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Halvor would not hear of that, he was absolutely determined to stay where he was; but the old folks stuck to what they had said, and told him that he was to go to the farm, where he could get both meat and drink, whereas they themselves had not even a chair to offer him. Who acts: Halvor, old folks,
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# The Red Fairy Book, Soria Moria Castle, sentence 85

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Halvor would not hear of that, he was absolutely determined to stay where he was; but the old folks stuck to what they had said, and told him that he was to go to the farm, where he could get both meat and drink, whereas they themselves had not even a chair to offer him.

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**Who acts:** Halvor, old folks, folks · **What happens:** not hear, be, stay, stick, say, tell · **To what, where:** Halvor, meat, chair · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Soria Moria Castle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Halvor, old folks, folks), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg540:6:85
# text = Halvor would not hear of that, he was absolutely determined to stay where he was; but the old folks stuck to what they had said, and told him that he was to go to the farm, where he could get both meat and drink, whereas they themselves had not even a chair to offer him.
1	Halvor	Halvor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	determined	determined	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	16	advmod	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
18	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	folks	folk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
22	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	22	obl	_	_
25	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
26	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
27	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	24	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	conj	_	_
31	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	iobj	_	_
32	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
33	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
34	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	cop	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	xcomp	_	_
37	to	to	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
41	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	44	advmod	_	_
42	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
43	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
44	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	advcl	_	_
45	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc:preconj	_	_
46	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
50	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
51	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
52	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	51	nmod:unmarked	_	_
53	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	conj	_	_
54	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	57	advmod	_	_
55	even	even	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	_
56	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	_	_
58	to	to	PART	TO	_	59	mark	_	_
59	offer	offer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	advcl	_	_
60	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hear** | would | Halvor |  |  |  |  | of that | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of that=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | past | Halvor |  |  |  |  | absolutely, determined *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **stay** | to-infinitive | Halvor *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **be** | past | Halvor |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **stick** | participle | the old folks |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to what=Co-Patient |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | folks *= folk* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the old folks *not said here* |  | Halvor |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 8 | **is** *not said to happen* | past | Halvor |  |  |  |  | to the farm; go *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **get** | could | Halvor | meat and drink |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meat=Stimulus |
| 10 | **have** | past | folks *= folk* | a chair |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chair=Patient |
| 11 | **offer** | to-infinitive | folks *= folk* *not said here* | Halvor |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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