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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), 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:pg22373:51:55 # text = "Beginning to stir!" replied the fox, who then ate up the old woman, collected her bones and piled them up in a corner, and set to work to knead a hasty pudding. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Beginning begin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 ccomp _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 stir stir VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 13 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 collected collect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 piled pile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 knead knead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 hasty hasty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 pudding pudding NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **stir** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **reply** *speech: express* | past | the fox | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **eat up** | past | the fox | the old woman | | | then | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Patient | | 5 | **collect** | past | | woman's bones | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Theme | | 6 | **pile up** | past | | bones *= bone* | | a corner | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in corner=Destination | | 7 | **set** | infinitive | the fox *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **work** | to-infinitive | the fox *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **knead** | to-infinitive | the fox *not said here* | a hasty pudding | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent pudding=Material | 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:** «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Project Gutenberg book 22373 (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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/56/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/)