--- title: It happened that the cat met the fox in a forest, and as she thought… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It happened that the cat met the fox in a forest, and as she thought to herself: ‘He is clever and full of experience, and much esteemed in the world,’ she spoke to him in a friendly way. Who acts: It, cat, 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 (It, cat, 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:pg2591:42:1 # text = It happened that the cat met the fox in a forest, and as she thought to herself: ‘He is clever and full of experience, and much esteemed in the world,’ she spoke to him in a friendly way. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 experience experience NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 much much ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 esteemed esteem VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | It | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **meet** | past | the cat | the fox | | a forest | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Co-Agent | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | cat | | cat | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | fox | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | fox *not said here* | | | | | of experience | tree rules | | 6 | **esteem** | participle | fox *not said here* | | | the world | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | cat | | fox | a friendly way | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent | 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: [The Three Languages, 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/41/37/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/42/2/) - ↑ back to [The Fox and the Cat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/42/)