--- title: “I had to give them to the fox,” replied the magpie in a quivering v… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I had to give them to the fox,” replied the magpie in a quivering voice; “he has been here twice in the last week, and wanted to cut down my tree for the purpose of making snow-shoes out of it, and the only way I could buy him off was by giving him two of my young ones.” Who acts: magpie, purpose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/77/) [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/) / 77 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 24, sentence 77 “I had to give them to the fox,” replied the magpie in a quivering voice; “he has been here twice in the last week, and wanted to cut down my tree for the purpose of making snow-shoes out of it, and the only way I could buy him off was by giving him two of my young ones.” **Who acts:** magpie, purpose · **What happens:** have, give, reply, quiver, be, want · **To what, where:** shoes, quivering voice, tree, snow shoes, purpose, only way · **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 (magpie, purpose), 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:pg2435:24:77 # text = “I had to give them to the fox,” replied the magpie in a quivering voice; “he has been here twice in the last week, and wanted to cut down my tree for the purpose of making snow-shoes out of it, and the only way I could buy him off was by giving him two of my young ones.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 12 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 magpie magpie NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 quivering quiver VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 amod _ _ 18 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 cop _ _ 24 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 parataxis _ _ 25 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 24 advmod _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 down down ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 41 of of SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 acl _ _ 43 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 46 out out ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl:unmarked _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 acl:relcl _ _ 57 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 iobj _ _ 58 off off ADP RP _ 56 compound:prt _ _ 59 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 60 by by SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 61 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 62 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 iobj _ _ 63 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 61 obl _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 65 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 66 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | the magpie *= magpie* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the magpie *= magpie* *not said here* | | shoes *= shoe* | | | to the fox | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to fox=Recipient | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the magpie | | | a quivering voice | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **quiver** | gerund | | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect | magpie | | | | week | here, twice *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **want** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **cut down** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | my tree | | | | for the purpose | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent tree=Product for purpose=Asset | | 8 | **make** *in a quote* | gerund | the purpose *not said here* | snow shoes | | purpose | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset shoe=Product | | 9 | **buy off** *in a quote* | could | the magpie *= magpie* | the only way *not said here* | magpie | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 10 | **give** *in a quote* | past · progressive | | the only way | magpie | | | two of my young ones *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/78/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/)