--- title: The fox chose out a beautiful one of white and silver, bade the tail… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The fox chose out a beautiful one of white and silver, bade the tailor tie it up in a parcel, and carrying the string in his teeth, he left the shop, and went to a horse-dealer’s, whom he persuaded to send his finest horse round to the cottage, saying that the king had bidden his master to the palac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/83/) [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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/) / 83 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 25, sentence 83 The fox chose out a beautiful one of white and silver, bade the tailor tie it up in a parcel, and carrying the string in his teeth, he left the shop, and went to a horse-dealer’s, whom he persuaded to send his finest horse round to the cottage, saying that the king had bidden his master to the palace. **Who acts:** fox, beautiful one, horse dealer, king · **What happens:** choose out, tie up, carry, leave, go, persuade · **To what, where:** coat, parcel, string, teeth, shop, horse dealer · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fox, beautiful one, horse dealer, king), 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:pg2435:25:83 # text = The fox chose out a beautiful one of white and silver, bade the tailor tie it up in a parcel, and carrying the string in his teeth, he left the shop, and went to a horse-dealer’s, whom he persuaded to send his finest horse round to the cottage, saying that the king had bidden his master to the palace. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 tie tie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 parcel parcel NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 dealer dealer NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 obj _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 persuaded persuade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 52 amod _ _ 52 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 53 round round ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 58 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 59 that that SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 62 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 bidden bid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 58 ccomp _ _ 64 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 66 to to ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose out** | past | the fox | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tie up** | infinitive | a beautiful one of white and silver | coat | | a parcel | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 3 | **carry** | gerund | the fox *not said here* | the string | | tailor's teeth | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent string=Value in tooth=Location | | 4 | **leave** | past | fox | the shop | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shop=Theme | | 5 | **go** | past | fox *not said here* | | | a horse dealer | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to dealer=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **persuade** | past | fox | a horse dealer | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent whom=Patient clause=Result | | 7 | **send** | to-infinitive | a horse dealer *not said here* | tailor's finest horse | | the cottage | | round *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme to cottage=Destination | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a horse dealer *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **bid** | past · perfect | the king | tailor's master | | | | to the palace | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/84/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/)