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title: In the morning came the fox again and met him as he was beginning hi… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: In the morning came the fox again and met him as he was beginning his journey, and said, ‘Go straight forward, till you come to a castle, before which lie a whole troop of soldiers fast asleep and snoring: take no notice of them, but go into the castle and pass on and on till you come to a room, whe
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# Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, sentence 25

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In the morning came the fox again and met him as he was beginning his journey, and said, ‘Go straight forward, till you come to a castle, before which lie a whole troop of soldiers fast asleep and snoring: take no notice of them, but go into the castle and pass on and on till you come to a room, where the golden bird sits in a wooden cage; close by it stands a beautiful golden cage; but do not try to take the bird out of the shabby cage and put it into the handsome one, otherwise you will repent it.’

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**Who acts:** fox, you, golden bird, bird · **What happens:** come, meet, begin, say, go, lie · **To what, where:** fox, journey, castle, whole troop, notice, room · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (fox, you, golden bird, bird), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2591:2:25
# text = In the morning came the fox again and met him as he was beginning his journey, and said, ‘Go straight forward, till you come to a castle, before which lie a whole troop of soldiers fast asleep and snoring: take no notice of them, but go into the castle and pass on and on till you come to a room, where the golden bird sits in a wooden cage; close by it stands a beautiful golden cage; but do not try to take the bird out of the shabby cage and put it into the handsome one, otherwise you will repent it.’
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	beginning	begin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	19	ccomp	_	_
23	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
27	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	advcl	_	_
29	to	to	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	before	before	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	35	nsubj	_	_
35	lie	lie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	advcl	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	troop	troop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	nmod	_	_
41	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	42	advmod	_	_
42	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	snoring	snore	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
46	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	ccomp	_	_
47	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	48	det	_	_
48	notice	notice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
52	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	conj	_	_
54	into	into	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
58	pass	pass	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	46	conj	_	_
59	on	on	ADP	RP	_	58	compound:prt	_	_
60	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
61	on	on	ADP	IN	_	59	conj	_	_
62	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	64	mark	_	_
63	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	64	nsubj	_	_
64	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	58	advcl	_	_
65	to	to	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
69	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	73	advmod	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
71	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	72	amod	_	_
72	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	nsubj	_	_
73	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	67	acl:relcl	_	_
74	in	in	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
75	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	77	det	_	_
76	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	77	amod	_	_
77	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	79	punct	_	_
79	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	parataxis	_	_
80	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	82	mark	_	_
81	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	82	nsubj	_	_
82	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	79	advcl	_	_
83	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	86	det	_	_
84	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	86	amod	_	_
85	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	86	amod	_	_
86	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	82	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	91	punct	_	_
88	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	91	cc	_	_
89	do	do	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	91	aux	_	_
90	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	91	advmod	_	_
91	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
92	to	to	PART	TO	_	93	mark	_	_
93	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	91	xcomp	_	_
94	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	95	det	_	_
95	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	93	obj	_	_
96	out	out	ADP	IN	_	100	case	_	_
97	of	of	ADP	IN	_	100	case	_	_
98	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	100	det	_	_
99	shabby	shabby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	100	amod	_	_
100	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	93	obl	_	_
101	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	102	cc	_	_
102	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	93	conj	_	_
103	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	102	obj	_	_
104	into	into	ADP	IN	_	107	case	_	_
105	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	107	det	_	_
106	handsome	handsome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	107	amod	_	_
107	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	102	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
108	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	112	punct	_	_
109	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	112	advmod	_	_
110	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	112	nsubj	_	_
111	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	112	aux	_	_
112	repent	repent	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	91	parataxis	_	_
113	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	112	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
114	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	112	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
115	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	112	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the fox |  |  |  | again; morning |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **meet** | past | the fox *not said here* | fox |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **begin** | past · progressive | fox | fox's journey |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Eventuality |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **go** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | forward *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **come** | present | you |  |  | a castle |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial\_Location |
| 7 | **lie** | present |  | a whole troop of soldiers |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location troop=Theme |
| 8 | **snore** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **take** | infinitive |  | no notice of tidings |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme |
| 10 | **go** | infinitive |  |  |  | the castle |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into castle=Initial\_Location |
| 11 | **pass on** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 12 | **come** | present | you |  |  | a room |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to room=Initial\_Location |
| 13 | **sit** | present | the golden bird |  |  | a wooden cage |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cage=Location |
| 14 | **stand** | present | bird | a beautiful golden cage |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cage=Stimulus |
| 15 | **not** **try** | infinitive · do-support | the fox *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 16 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the fox *not said here* | the bird |  | the shabby cage |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent bird=Theme out cage=Initial\_Location |
| 17 | **put** | infinitive | the fox *not said here* | bird |  |  |  | into the handsome one | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
| 18 | **repent** | future | you | bird |  |  |  | otherwise *property* | tree rules |
| 19 | **journey** |  | fox |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 20 | **notice** |  |  | tidings *= tiding* |  |  |  |  | nom notice «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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