--- title: In one corner there was a fox hatching eagle's eggs; in another ther… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In one corner there was a fox hatching eagle's eggs; in another there was an iron apple tree, entirely covered with pears and lead; in the third there was the hare which the dog killed yesterday alive in the basket; and in the fourth there were twenty-four _hipper switches_ threshing tobacco, and at --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/91/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [More English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/) / [More English Fairy Tales, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/) / 91 # More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 4, sentence 91 In one corner there was a fox hatching eagle's eggs; in another there was an iron apple tree, entirely covered with pears and lead; in the third there was the hare which the dog killed yesterday alive in the basket; and in the fourth there were twenty-four \_hipper switches\_ threshing tobacco, and at the sight of me they threshed so hard that they drove the plug through the wall, and through a little dog that was passing by on the other side. **Who acts:** fox, hare, four \_, \_, little dog · **What happens:** be, hatch, cover, kill, thresh, drive · **To what, where:** one corner, eggs, apple tree, third, basket, tobacco This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fox, hare, four \_, \_), 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:pg14241:18:91 # text = In one corner there was a fox hatching eagle's eggs; in another there was an iron apple tree, entirely covered with pears and lead; in the third there was the hare which the dog killed yesterday alive in the basket; and in the fourth there were twenty-four _hipper switches_ threshing tobacco, and at the sight of me they threshed so hard that they drove the plug through the wall, and through a little dog that was passing by on the other side. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 5 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 8 hatching hatch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 9 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 another another PRON DT PronType=Ind 5 nsubj _ _ 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 pears pear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 lead lead NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 third third NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 33 expl _ _ 33 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl:unmarked _ _ 41 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 fourth fourth NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 51 expl _ _ 51 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 52 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 55 nummod _ _ 55 _ _ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 hipper hip ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 57 amod _ _ 57 switches switch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 59 punct _ _ 59 threshing thresh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 55 acl _ _ 60 tobacco tobacco NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 63 at at ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 65 nmod _ _ 68 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 69 threshed thresh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ _ 70 so so ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ _ 71 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 69 advmod _ _ 72 that that SCONJ IN _ 74 mark _ _ 73 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 74 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 advcl _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 plug plug NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obj _ _ 77 through through ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ _ 81 and and CCONJ CC _ 85 cc _ _ 82 through through ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 83 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 84 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 85 amod _ _ 85 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 86 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 88 nsubj _ _ 87 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 88 aux _ _ 88 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 85 acl:relcl _ _ 89 by by ADP IN _ 93 case _ _ 90 on on ADP IN _ 93 case _ _ 91 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 93 det _ _ 92 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 93 amod _ _ 93 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 94 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | a fox | | | one corner; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in corner=Location | | 2 | **hatch** | gerund | a fox *not said here* | eagle's eggs | | | | | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP V NP.product PP.patient»: agent=Agent egg=Product | | 3 | **cover** | participle | | a apple tree *not said here* | | | | with pears and lead; entirely *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with pear=Theme | | 4 | **be** | past | the hare | | | the third; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in third=Location | | 5 | **kill** | past | the hare | | | the basket | yesterday | alive *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **thresh** | gerund | four \_ and hipper switches *not said here* | tobacco | | | | through a little dog | tree rules | | 7 | **thresh** | past | \_ | | | the sight of me | | hard *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **drive** | past | \_ | the plug | | the wall | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent plug=Theme through wall=Trajectory | | 9 | **pass** | past · progressive | a little dog | | | | | by the other side | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by side=Location | | 10 | **sight** | | | me | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/92/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/)