--- title: But no sooner had the fox let the crow go than he soared up into the… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But no sooner had the fox let the crow go than he soared up into the air, and hovering just out of teach of his enemy’s jaws, he cried with a laugh: “Ah, fox! you know well how to catch, but you cannot keep.” Who acts: fox, crow, 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, crow, 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:pg2435:24:97 # text = But no sooner had the fox let the crow go than he soared up into the air, and hovering just out of teach of his enemy’s jaws, he cried with a laugh: “Ah, fox! you know well how to catch, but you cannot keep.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 3 det _ _ 3 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 than than SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 soared soar VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 20 hovering hover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 21 just just ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 22 out out ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 teach teach NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’s 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 jaws jaw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 40 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 44 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 43 advmod _ _ 45 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 47 advmod _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 but but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 52 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 53 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 53 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | | | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **let** | past | the fox | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | the crow | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **soar up** | past | fox | | | the air | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into air=Trajectory | | 5 | **hover** | gerund | fox *not said here* | teach of fox's enemy's jaws | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location teach=Theme | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | fox | fox | | | | with a laugh | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with laugh=Theme | | 7 | **know** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **catch** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **not** **keep** *in a quote* | can | you | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/98/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/)