--- title: As he now rode all alone through a forest there met him a fox, who g… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As he now rode all alone through a forest there met him a fox, who greeted him in a friendly fashion, and asked him where he was going, and on what errand he was bent. Who acts: he, 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 (he, 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:pg5615:15:1 # text = As he now rode all alone through a forest there met him a fox, who greeted him in a friendly fashion, and asked him where he was going, and on what errand he was bent. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 alone alone ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 through through ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 11 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 greeted greet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 fashion fashion NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 obl _ _ 35 errand errand NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 bent bend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past | he | | | a forest | now | alone *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through forest=Trajectory | | 2 | **meet** | past | he *not said here* | him *= he* | | there | | | tree rules | | 3 | **greet** *speech: greet* | past | a fox | | fox | a friendly fashion | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | he *not said here* | | fox | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **go** | past · progressive | fox | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on what=Location | | 6 | **bend** | past · passive | | errand | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: subject=Material | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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: [The Pink Fairy Book, part 14, 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/113/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/2/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/)