--- title: The fox trotted cheerfully by his two big companions, but on the way… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The fox trotted cheerfully by his two big companions, but on the way he managed to whisper to the wolf: “Tell me, Peter, when I am eaten, what will you have for your next dinner?” Who acts: fox, you. 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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, you), 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:pg2435:24:43 # text = The fox trotted cheerfully by his two big companions, but on the way he managed to whisper to the wolf: “Tell me, Peter, when I am eaten, what will you have for your next dinner?” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 trotted trot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 cheerfully cheerfully ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 8 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 managed manage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 whisper whisper VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 when when SCONJ WRB _ 32 mark _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 37 obj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ? ? PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trot** | past | the fox | | | | | by fox's two big companions; cheerfully *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **manage** | past | fox | | | the way | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | fox *not said here* | | the wolf | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to wolf=Recipient | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | Peter | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient peter=Topic | | 5 | **eat** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the wolf and the bear *= wolf* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | for your next dinner | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/44/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/)