--- title: The lion was greatly pleased, and set off immediately; and when they… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The lion was greatly pleased, and set off immediately; and when they came to the horse, the fox said, ‘You will not be able to eat him comfortably here; I’ll tell you what--I will tie you fast to his tail, and then you can draw him to your den, and eat him at your leisure.’ Who acts: lion, justice, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [The Fox and the Horse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/) / 8 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Fox and the Horse, sentence 8 The lion was greatly pleased, and set off immediately; and when they came to the horse, the fox said, ‘You will not be able to eat him comfortably here; I’ll tell you what--I will tie you fast to his tail, and then you can draw him to your den, and eat him at your leisure.’ **Who acts:** lion, justice, fox, You, I · **What happens:** be, set off, come, say, not be, eat · **To what, where:** fox, you, den, leisure · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Fox and the Horse. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lion, justice, fox, You), 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:pg2591:45:8 # text = The lion was greatly pleased, and set off immediately; and when they came to the horse, the fox said, ‘You will not be able to eat him comfortably here; I’ll tell you what--I will tie you fast to his tail, and then you can draw him to your den, and eat him at your leisure.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 ‘ ‘ SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 25 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 29 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 ccomp _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 comfortably comfortably ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 -- -- PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 tie tie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 advmod _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 55 advmod _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 56 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 63 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ _ 64 at at ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 leisure leisure NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the lion | | | | | greatly, pleased *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **set off** | infinitive | the lion *not said here* | | | | | immediately *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | justice | | | | | to the horse | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to horse=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the fox | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **is** | future | You | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **eat** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | fox | | here | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic | | 8 | **tie** | future | I | you | | | | to fox's tail; fast *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient to tail=Co-Patient | | 9 | **draw** | can | you | fox | | your den | then | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to den=Destination | | 10 | **eat** | infinitive | | fox | | your leisure | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/9/) - ↑ back to [The Fox and the Horse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/)