--- title: 'You must know,' said the fox, 'that in this village there is a rich… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'You must know,' said the fox, 'that in this village there is a rich man who makes in the summer enough cheeses to last him for the whole year, and keeps them in an old well, now dry, in his courtyard. Who acts: You, rich man. 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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 (You, rich man), 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:pg3027:6:92 # text = 'You must know,' said the fox, 'that in this village there is a rich man who makes in the summer enough cheeses to last him for the whole year, and keeps them in an old well, now dry, in his courtyard. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 16 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 17 expl _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 cheeses cheese NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 45 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 in in 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 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | must | You | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | You *not said here* | the fox | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fox=Topic | | 3 | **is a** | present | | a rich man | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | present | a rich man | enough cheeses | | | summer | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheese=Product | | 5 | **last** | to-infinitive | a rich man *not said here* | man | | | year | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme he=Value | | 6 | **keep** | present | a rich man *not said here* | Fox | | a old well | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme in well=Location | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/93/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/)