--- title: He met the fox, who gave him the good advice: but when he came to th… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He met the fox, who gave him the good advice: but when he came to the two inns, his eldest brother was standing at the window where the merrymaking was, and called to him to come in; and he could not withstand the temptation, but went in, and forgot the golden bird and his country in the same manner --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/19/) [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/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [The Golden Bird](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/) / 19 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, sentence 19 He met the fox, who gave him the good advice: but when he came to the two inns, his eldest brother was standing at the window where the merrymaking was, and called to him to come in; and he could not withstand the temptation, but went in, and forgot the golden bird and his country in the same manner. **Who acts:** son, fox, eldest brother · **What happens:** meet, give, come, stand, call, come in · **To what, where:** fox, good advice, son, two inns, window, temptation · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Golden Bird. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (son, fox, eldest brother), 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:pg2591:2:19 # text = He met the fox, who gave him the good advice: but when he came to the two inns, his eldest brother was standing at the window where the merrymaking was, and called to him to come in; and he could not withstand the temptation, but went in, and forgot the golden bird and his country in the same manner. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 advcl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 inns inn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 amod _ _ 24 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 merrymaking merrymaking NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 41 in in ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 withstand withstand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 temptation temptation NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 53 in in ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 conj _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | past | son | the fox | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Co-Agent | | 2 | **give** | past | the fox | the good advice | son | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient advice=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | son | | | the two inns | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to inn=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **stand** | past · progressive | son's eldest brother | | | the window | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at window=Location | | 5 | **call** | participle | son's eldest brother *not said here* | | son | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 6 | **come in** | to-infinitive | son's eldest brother *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **withstand** | could | son | the temptation | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go in** | past | son *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **forget** | past | son *not said here* | the golden bird and son's country | | the same manner | | | 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/20/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Bird](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/)