--- title: This he bound to the other branch, and having carefully seen that hi… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This he bound to the other branch, and having carefully seen that his knots were all secure, he stepped off the ends of the branches, and they sprang back, leaving the poor Fox suspended in mid-air. Who acts: This, knots, friend, poor 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 (This, knots, friend, poor 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:pg540:50:38 # text = This he bound to the other branch, and having carefully seen that his knots were all secure, he stepped off the ends of the branches, and they sprang back, leaving the poor Fox suspended in mid-air. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 bound bind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 aux _ _ 11 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 knots knot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 all all ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 secure secure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 off off ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 ends end NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 32 back back ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 Fox Fox PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 suspended suspend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 mid-air mid-air NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bind** | past | This | | | | | to the other branch | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to branch=Co-Patient | | 2 | **see** | gerund · perfect | This *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | friend's knots | | | | | all, secure *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **step off** | past | friend | the ends of the branches | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location end=Theme | | 5 | **spring back** | past | knots *= knot* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **leave** | gerund | knots *= knot* *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **suspend** | past | the poor Fox | | | mid-air | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mid-air=Location | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/50/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/50/39/) - ↑ back to [The Marvellous Musician](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/50/)