--- title: “Oh, it is only for a very short time that I need them,” said the fo… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh, it is only for a very short time that I need them,” said the fox; “I have a pair of my own just behind that hill, and when I find them I will bring yours back to you. Who acts: gleam, fox. 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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 (gleam, fox), 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:pg3282:27:93 # text = “Oh, it is only for a very short time that I need them,” said the fox; “I have a pair of my own just behind that hill, and when I find them I will bring yours back to you. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 nmod _ _ 30 just just ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 behind behind ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 43 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 back back ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | gleam | | | | for a short time | | tree rules | | 2 | **need** *in a quote* | present | the fox *= fox* | a short time | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the fox | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the fox *= fox* | a pair of my own | | that hill | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pair=Patient | | 5 | **find** *in a quote* | present | the fox *= fox* | sticks *= stick* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 6 | **bring back** *in a quote* | future | the fox *= fox* | yours | you | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent your=Theme to you=Destination | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/94/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/)