--- title: “It will not be easy to find another tree that would make such good… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “It will not be easy to find another tree that would make such good snow-shoes,” answered the fox, cocking his head on one side, and gazing at the tree thoughtfully; “but I do not like to be ill-natured, so if you will give me one of your young ones I will seek my snow-shoes elsewhere.” Who acts: tr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/60/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/) / 60 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 24, sentence 60 “It will not be easy to find another tree that would make such good snow-shoes,” answered the fox, cocking his head on one side, and gazing at the tree thoughtfully; “but I do not like to be ill-natured, so if you will give me one of your young ones I will seek my snow-shoes elsewhere.” **Who acts:** tree, fox, you · **What happens:** not be, find, make, answer, cock, gaze · **To what, where:** tree, such good snow shoes, head, one side, one, fox · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 24. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tree, 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:pg2435:24:60 # text = “It will not be easy to find another tree that would make such good snow-shoes,” answered the fox, cocking his head on one side, and gazing at the tree thoughtfully; “but I do not like to be ill-natured, so if you will give me one of your young ones I will seek my snow-shoes elsewhere.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 expl _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 csubj _ _ 9 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 10 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 15 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 16 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 21 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 cocking cock VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 gazing gaze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 thoughtfully thoughtfully ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 39 “ " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 47 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 natured natured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 51 so so ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 52 if if SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 advcl _ _ 56 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 iobj _ _ 57 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 55 obj _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 60 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nmod _ _ 62 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 63 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 65 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 66 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 67 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obj _ _ 69 elsewhere elsewhere ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ” " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | future | | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **find** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | another tree | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Topic | | 3 | **make** *in a quote* | would | another tree | such good snow shoes | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset shoe=Product | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the fox | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **cock** | gerund | the fox *not said here* | fox's head | | one side | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 6 | **gaze** | gerund | the fox *not said here* | | | | | at the tree; thoughtfully *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at tree=Theme | | 7 | **not** **like** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the fox *= fox* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **is** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the fox *= fox* *not said here* | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **be** *in a quote* | | the fox *= fox* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | one of your young ones | the fox *= fox* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient one=Theme | | 11 | **seek** *in a quote* | future | the fox *= fox* | my snow shoes | | | | elsewhere *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/61/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/)