--- title: Then friend Fox, who was only waiting for these words, hastens out,… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then friend Fox, who was only waiting for these words, hastens out, throws himself on the wicked fowls, and quick! quack! he tears them to pieces; so much so that at the end of five minutes there was not one left alive. Who acts: friend, wicked. 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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 (friend, wicked), 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:pg540:31:74 # text = Then friend Fox, who was only waiting for these words, hastens out, throws himself on the wicked fowls, and quick! quack! he tears them to pieces; so much so that at the end of five minutes there was not one left alive. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 3 Fox Fox PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 13 hastens hasten VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 throws throw VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 17 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obj _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 nsubj _ _ 21 fowls fowl VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ! ! PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ 26 quack quack NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ! ! PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 tears tear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 much much ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 36 so so SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 44 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 45 expl _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nsubj _ _ 48 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 acl _ _ 49 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past · progressive | friend | | | | | for this words | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hasten out** | present | friend | | | | at the end of five minutes; then | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at end=Trajectory | | 3 | **throw** | present | friend *not said here* | friend | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 4 | **fowl** | present | the wicked | | | | | | vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tear** | present | friend | quick quack | | | | to pieces *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent they=Patient to piece=Result | | 6 | **leave** | participle | | | | | | alive *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/31/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/31/75/) - ↑ back to [Kari Woodengown, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/31/)