--- title: “The Count speaks very little,” the king said at last to the fox, an… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “The Count speaks very little,” the king said at last to the fox, and the fox answered: “He has so much to think about in the management of his property that he cannot afford to talk like ordinary people.” Who acts: Count, king, fox. 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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 (Count, king, fox), 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:pg2435:25:90 # text = “The Count speaks very little,” the king said at last to the fox, and the fox answered: “He has so much to think about in the management of his property that he cannot afford to talk like ordinary people.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Count count NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 speaks speak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 obl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ _ 30 about about ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 management management NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 property property NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 afford afford VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 like like ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 ordinary ordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | the Count | little | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | the fox | last | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to fox=Recipient | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the fox | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | king | much | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Patient | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | about the management of king's property | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about management=Topic | | 6 | **not** **afford** *in a quote* | can | fox | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **talk** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | fox *not said here* | | | | | like ordinary people | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **manage** *in a quote* | | | king's property | | | | | nom management «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/91/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/)