--- title: The fox when he came to the farmer's gate, Who should he see but the… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The fox when he came to the farmer's gate, Who should he see but the farmer's drake; "I love you well for your master's sake, And long to be picking your bones, e-ho!" Who acts: fox, ducks. 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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, ducks), 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:pg14241:31:58 # text = The fox when he came to the farmer's gate, Who should he see but the farmer's drake; "I love you well for your master's sake, And long to be picking your bones, e-ho!" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 13 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 drake drake NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 And and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 parataxis _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux _ _ 37 picking pick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 e-ho e-ho NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the fox | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | should | | | | | | to the farmer's gate | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **love** *in a quote* | present | the ducks and the geese *= duck* | you | | | | for your master's sake; well *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus for sake=Attribute | | 4 | **pick** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · progressive | | your bones and e-ho | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/31/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/31/59/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/31/)