--- title: Once upon a time a fox lay peeping out of his hole, watching the roa… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Once upon a time a fox lay peeping out of his hole, watching the road that ran by at a little distance, and hoping to see something that might amuse him, for he was feeling very dull and rather cross. Who acts: fox, road, Contes. 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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 (fox, road, Contes), 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:pg3282:26:46 # text = Once upon a time a fox lay peeping out of his hole, watching the road that ran by at a little distance, and hoping to see something that might amuse him, for he was feeling very dull and rather cross. 1 Once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 7 advmod _ _ 2 upon upon ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 peeping peep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 out out ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 28 obj _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 amuse amuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 conj _ _ 39 very very ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 dull dull ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 rather rather ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | a fox | | | | time | once *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **peep out** | gerund | a fox *not said here* | Contes's hole | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme | | 3 | **watch** | gerund | a fox *not said here* | the road | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme | | 4 | **run** | past | the road | | | | | by a little distance | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by distance=Trajectory | | 5 | **hope** | gerund | a fox *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a fox *not said here* | something | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | | 7 | **amuse** | might | | Contes | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 8 | **feel** | past · progressive | Contes | | | | | dull *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **cross** | infinitive | Contes *not said here* | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/47/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/)