--- title: One day the fox came running up: "Open the door, little cock!" cried… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: One day the fox came running up: "Open the door, little cock!" cried she.--"Pussy told me not to, little fox!" said the cock.--"Open the door, little cock!" repeated the fox.--"I tell you, pussy told me not to, little fox!"--At last, however, the cock grew tired of always saying "No!" so he opened t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/2/) [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/) / [Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/) / [The Cat, the Cock, and the Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/) / 2 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Cat, the Cock, and the Fox, sentence 2 One day the fox came running up: "Open the door, little cock!" cried she.--"Pussy told me not to, little fox!" said the cock.--"Open the door, little cock!" repeated the fox.--"I tell you, pussy told me not to, little fox!"--At last, however, the cock grew tired of always saying "No!" so he opened the door, and in the fox rushed, seized him in her jaws, and ran off with him. **Who acts:** fox, Pussy, cock · **What happens:** come, run up, open, cry, tell, say · **To what, where:** door, fox, me, you, little fox, Pussy · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Cat, the Cock, and the Fox. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fox, Pussy, cock), 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:pg29672:20:2 # text = One day the fox came running up: "Open the door, little cock!" cried she.--"Pussy told me not to, little fox!" said the cock.--"Open the door, little cock!" repeated the fox.--"I tell you, pussy told me not to, little fox!"--At last, however, the cock grew tired of always saying "No!" so he opened the door, and in the fox rushed, seized him in her jaws, and ran off with him. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 6 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ! ! PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 18 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Pussy Pussy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ! ! PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Open open VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ 47 repeated repeat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 -- -- PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 55 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 pussy pussy NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 58 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 ccomp _ _ 59 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 iobj _ _ 60 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 64 advmod _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ! ! PUNCT . _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 " " PUNCT '' _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 -- -- PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 At at ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 71 however however ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nsubj _ _ 75 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 76 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 xcomp _ _ 77 of of SCONJ IN _ 79 mark _ _ 78 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 79 advmod _ _ 79 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 76 advcl _ _ 80 " " PUNCT `` _ 81 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 79 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 82 ! ! PUNCT . _ 81 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 83 " " PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ 84 so so ADV RB _ 86 advmod _ _ 85 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 86 nsubj _ _ 86 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 parataxis _ _ 87 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 88 det _ _ 88 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 89 , , PUNCT , _ 94 punct _ _ 90 and and CCONJ CC _ 94 cc _ _ 91 in in ADP IN _ 93 case _ _ 92 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 93 det _ _ 93 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 94 nsubj _ _ 94 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 86 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 95 , , PUNCT , _ 96 punct _ _ 96 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 94 conj _ _ 97 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 96 obj _ _ 98 in in ADP IN _ 100 case _ _ 99 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 100 nmod:poss _ _ 100 jaws jaw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 96 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 101 , , PUNCT , _ 103 punct _ _ 102 and and CCONJ CC _ 103 cc _ _ 103 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 86 conj _ _ 104 off off ADP RP _ 103 compound:prt _ _ 105 with with ADP IN _ 106 case _ _ 106 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 103 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 107 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the fox | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **run up** | gerund | the fox *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **open** *in a quote* | infinitive | the fox *not said here* | the door and little cock | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | fox | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Pussy | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the cock | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **open** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the door and little cock | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 8 | **repeat** | past | the cock *not said here* | the fox | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Eventuality | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Pussy | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | pussy | little fox | Pussy | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 11 | **grow** | past | the cock | | | | | however, tired *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the cock *not said here* | | | | | always *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **open** | past | cock | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 14 | **rush** | past | the fox | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 15 | **seize** | past | the fox *not said here* | cock | | fox's jaws | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 16 | **run off** | past | cock *not said here* | | | | | with cock | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with he=Material | 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:** «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», Project Gutenberg book 29672 (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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/3/) - ↑ back to [The Cat, the Cock, and the Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/)