--- title: ‘You are right in that,’ said the fox, ‘for it relates to the bird G… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘You are right in that,’ said the fox, ‘for it relates to the bird Grip, which you want to take and bring home to your blind father; I could help you in this, but in that case you must follow my counsel.’ Who acts: You, fashion, bird Grip, I. 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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 (You, fashion, bird Grip, I), 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:pg5615:15:3 # text = ‘You are right in that,’ said the fox, ‘for it relates to the bird Grip, which you want to take and bring home to your blind father; I could help you in this, but in that case you must follow my counsel.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 relates relate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 Grip Grip PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obj _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 29 home home ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 45 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 parataxis _ _ 49 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | You | | | that | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the fox | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **relate** | present | fashion | | | | | to the bird Grip | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to grip=Co-Theme | | 4 | **want** | present | you | the bird Grip | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the bird Grip *not said here* | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **bring** | infinitive | the bird Grip *not said here* | | your blind father | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to father=Destination | | 7 | **help** | could | I | | you | this | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | | 8 | **follow** | must | you | my counsel | | that case | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme in case=Trajectory | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/4/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/)