--- title: “I am sure you must be; but it will be all right to-morrow,” said th… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I am sure you must be; but it will be all right to-morrow,” said the fox, trotting off, not knowing that the oranges dropped down the hollow trunk, straight into the tortoise’s hole, and that he had as many as he could possibly eat. Who acts: fox, you, fruit, oranges. 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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, you, fruit, oranges), 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:pg3282:35:84 # text = “I am sure you must be; but it will be all right to-morrow,” said the fox, trotting off, not knowing that the oranges dropped down the hollow trunk, straight into the tortoise’s hole, and that he had as many as he could possibly eat. 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 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 13 all all ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 ccomp _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 trotting trot VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 25 off off ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 oranges orange NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 33 down down ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 hollow hollow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 straight straight ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 49 as as ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 obj _ _ 51 as as SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 53 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the fox *= fox* | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** *in a quote* | must | you | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | future | fruit | | | | | to morrow; all, right *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the fox | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **trot off** | gerund | the fox *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **know** | gerund | the fox *not said here* | | | the tortoise's hole | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **drop down** | past | the oranges | the hollow trunk | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trunk=Theme | | 8 | **have** | past | fox | many | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Patient | | 9 | **eat** | could | fox | | | | | possibly *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «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 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/35/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/35/85/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/35/)