--- title: Then the old fox came once more, and scolded him for not following h… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the old fox came once more, and scolded him for not following his advice; otherwise no evil would have befallen him: ‘Yet,’ said he, ‘I cannot leave you here, so lay hold of my tail and hold fast.’ Who acts: old fox, fox, I. 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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 (old fox, fox, I), 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:pg2591:2:73 # text = Then the old fox came once more, and scolded him for not following his advice; otherwise no evil would have befallen him: ‘Yet,’ said he, ‘I cannot leave you here, so lay hold of my tail and hold fast.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 7 advmod _ _ 7 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 scolded scold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 18 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 19 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 20 det _ _ 20 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux _ _ 23 befallen befall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Yet yet ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 lay lay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 49 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the old fox | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **scold** | past | the old fox *not said here* | fox | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **not** **follow** | gerund | the old fox *not said here* | fox's advice | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme | | 4 | **befall** | would · perfect · passive | | no evil | | | | otherwise *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | fox | | | | yet | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **leave** | can | I | you | | here | | lay hold of my tail *obl* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 7 | **hold** | present | I *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **hold** | | | my tail | | | | | nom hold «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:** «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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/74/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Bird](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/)