--- title: But the young man refused to do it: so the fox said, ‘I will at any… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the young man refused to do it: so the fox said, ‘I will at any rate give you good counsel: beware of two things; ransom no one from the gallows, and sit down by the side of no river.’ Who acts: young man, 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 (young man, 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:pg2591:2:60 # text = But the young man refused to do it: so the fox said, ‘I will at any rate give you good counsel: beware of two things; ransom no one from the gallows, and sit down by the side of no river.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 20 det _ _ 20 rate rate NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 26 beware beware VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 31 ransom ransom VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 32 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 33 det _ _ 33 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 gallows gallows NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 sit sit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 40 down down ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 46 det _ _ 46 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | the young man | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **do** | to-infinitive | the young man *not said here* | bird | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the fox | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **give** | future | | good counsel | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient counsel=Theme | | 5 | **beware** | infinitive | | | | | | of two things | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **ransom** | infinitive | | no one | | the gallows | | | tree rules | | 7 | **sit down** | infinitive | | | | | | by the side of no river | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by side=Location | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/61/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Bird](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/)