--- title: 'I am lighter than he is,' thought the fox to herself, 'and perhaps… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'I am lighter than he is,' thought the fox to herself, 'and perhaps if I make haste I can get a start, and jump over the wall on the other side before he manages to spring over this one.' Who acts: I, Wolf. 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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 (I, Wolf), 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:pg3027:6:109 # text = 'I am lighter than he is,' thought the fox to herself, 'and perhaps if I make haste I can get a start, and jump over the wall on the other side before he manages to spring over this one.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 lighter light ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 than than SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 10 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 16 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 start start NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 31 over over ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 38 before before SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 manages manage VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 43 over over ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 45 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | | | light *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | present | Wolf | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | I *not said here* | the fox | moon | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fox=Theme | | 4 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | haste | | | | perhaps *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent haste=Product | | 5 | **get** | can | I | a start | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer start=Stimulus | | 6 | **jump** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | the wall | | on the other side | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over wall=Trajectory | | 7 | **manage** | present | Wolf | | | | spring | over this one | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/110/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/)