--- title: Here the fox again came to him and reproached him with his disobedie… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Here the fox again came to him and reproached him with his disobedience, but promised to help him out of this trouble also if he would answer ‘yes’ to everything they asked him at his trial. Who acts: fox, prince, others. 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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, prince, others), 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:pg5615:15:23 # text = Here the fox again came to him and reproached him with his disobedience, but promised to help him out of this trouble also if he would answer ‘yes’ to everything they asked him at his trial. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 reproached reproach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 disobedience disobedience NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 out out ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 also also ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 29 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 28 obl _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the fox | | prince | here | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **reproach** | past | the fox *not said here* | prince | | | | with prince's disobedience | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the fox *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the fox *not said here* | | prince | this trouble | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | would | prince | | | | | to everything | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent yes=Eventuality | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | others *= other* | | prince | prince's trial | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 7 | **disobey** | | prince | | | | | | nom disobedience «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **try** | | prince | | | | | | nom trial «act 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 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: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/24/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/)