--- title: Now that the squirrel, the marten, and the hare had all gone, the fo… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now that the squirrel, the marten, and the hare had all gone, the fox was the smallest of the three who were left, and the wolf and the bear explained that they were very sorry, but they would have to eat him. Who acts: fox, wolf, couples. 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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, wolf, couples), 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:pg2435:24:40 # text = Now that the squirrel, the marten, and the hare had all gone, the fox was the smallest of the three who were left, and the wolf and the bear explained that they were very sorry, but they would have to eat him. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 squirrel squirrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 marten marten NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 all all ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 smallest small ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 14 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 obl _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 34 explained explain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 very very ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the fox | | | | | small *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** | past · passive | | | | | | of the three | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location PP.destination»: subject=Source of three=Destination | | 3 | **explain** *speech: assert* | past | the wolf and the bear | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | couples *= couple* | | | | | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | would | couples *= couple* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **eat** | to-infinitive | couples *= couple* *not said here* | wolf | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/41/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/)