--- title: The fox went out, one still, clear night, And he prayed the moon to… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The fox went out, one still, clear night, And he prayed the moon to give him light, For he'd a long way to travel that night, Before he got back to his den-o! Who acts: fox, Waggle. 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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 (fox, Waggle), 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:pg14241:31:54 # text = The fox went out, one still, clear night, And he prayed the moon to give him light, For he'd a long way to travel that night, Before he got back to his den-o! 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ 7 still still ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 And and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 For for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ _ 30 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 Before before SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 36 back back ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 39 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 o o NOUN NN _ 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past | the fox | one | | | night | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **pray** | past | Waggle | the moon | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | to-infinitive | Waggle *not said here* | light | Waggle | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient light=Theme | | 4 | **travel** | to-infinitive | Waggle *not said here* | | | | night | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **get back** | past | Waggle | | | | | to Waggle's den o *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to o=Result | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/31/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/31/55/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/31/)