--- title: The horse did as he was told, and the fox went straight to the lion… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The horse did as he was told, and the fox went straight to the lion who lived in a cave close by, and said to him, ‘A little way off lies a dead horse; come with me and you may make an excellent meal of his carcase.’ Who acts: horse, fox, lion, little way. 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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 (horse, fox, lion, little way), 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:pg2591:45:7 # text = The horse did as he was told, and the fox went straight to the lion who lived in a cave close by, and said to him, ‘A little way off lies a dead horse; come with me and you may make an excellent meal of his carcase.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 13 straight straight ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 22 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 ccomp _ _ 34 off off ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 40 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 parataxis _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 47 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 excellent excellent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 carcase carcase NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the horse | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | horse | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **go** | past | the fox | | | | | to the lion | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to lion=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **live** | past | the lion | | | a cave | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | horse | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 6 | **lie** | present | a little way *not said here* | a dead horse | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location horse=Theme | | 7 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | with me | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **make** | may | you | a excellent meal of horse's carcase | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Product | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/8/) - ↑ back to [The Fox and the Horse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/)