--- title: Michael, the fox, did not run away as the others had done, but smile… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Michael, the fox, did not run away as the others had done, but smiled in a friendly manner, and remarked: “Things taste so stale in a valley; one’s appetite is so much better up on a mountain.” Who acts: Michael, others, Things, one appetite. 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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 (Michael, others, Things, one appetite), 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:pg2435:24:41 # text = Michael, the fox, did not run away as the others had done, but smiled in a friendly manner, and remarked: “Things taste so stale in a valley; one’s appetite is so much better up on a mountain.” 1 Michael Michael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 remarked remark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 taste taste VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 stale stale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’s 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 appetite appetite NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 much much ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 parataxis _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **run away** | past · do-support | Michael | | | | | away *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past · perfect | the others | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **smile** | past | | | | | | in a friendly manner | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in manner=Theme | | 4 | **remark** *speech: assert* | participle | the others *not said here* | | | | | | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **taste** *in a quote* | present | Things | | | | | stale *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | one appetite | | | a mountain | | good *property* | tree rules | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/42/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/)