--- title: The bear, seeing that the traitor had escaped, flung the ladle after… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The bear, seeing that the traitor had escaped, flung the ladle after him, and it just caught the tip of his tail, and that is how there comes to be a spot of white on the tails of all foxes. Who acts: bear, traitor, that. 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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 (bear, traitor, that), 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:pg2435:25:32 # text = The bear, seeing that the traitor had escaped, flung the ladle after him, and it just caught the tip of his tail, and that is how there comes to be a spot of white on the tails of all foxes. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 traitor traitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 escaped escape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 ladle ladle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 after after ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 just just ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 tip tip NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 31 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 32 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 44 det _ _ 44 foxes fox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | the bear *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **escape** | past · perfect · passive | | the traitor | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **fling** | past | the bear | the ladle | | | after Michael | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ladle=Theme | | 4 | **catch** | past | traitor | the tip of bear's tail | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tip=Theme | | 5 | **is** | present | that | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **come** | present | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a spot | | | | | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/33/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/)