--- title: But not many to-morrows after, when the tortoise arrived with his us… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But not many to-morrows after, when the tortoise arrived with his usual question: “Well, how are you getting on?” he received no answer, for the fox was lying in his hole quite still, dead of hunger. Who acts: tortoise, you, 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 (tortoise, you, 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:pg3282:35:91 # text = But not many to-morrows after, when the tortoise arrived with his usual question: “Well, how are you getting on?” he received no answer, for the fox was lying in his hole quite still, dead of hunger. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 morrows morrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 after after SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 when when SCONJ WRB _ 12 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Well well INTJ UH _ 24 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 22 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 25 on on ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ? ? PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ” " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 quite quite ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 still still ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 advcl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | the tortoise | | | | | with fox's usual question | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get on** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **receive** | past | fox | no answer | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme | | 4 | **lie** | past · progressive | the fox | | | fox's hole | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hole=Location | | 5 | **question** | | fox | | | | | | nom question «communication transitive»: poss=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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/35/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/35/92/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/35/)