--- title: The prince thanked the fox with all his heart for his true friendshi… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince thanked the fox with all his heart for his true friendship, but the fox answered that if he had been of any use to him he would now for his own part ask a service of him. Who acts: prince, 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 (prince, 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:pg5615:15:63 # text = The prince thanked the fox with all his heart for his true friendship, but the fox answered that if he had been of any use to him he would now for his own part ask a service of him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 23 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 cop _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 26 det _ _ 26 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 31 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 36 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | the prince | | the fox | | | with fox's heart for fox's true friendship | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Theme | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the fox | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | fox | | prince | | | of any use | tree rules | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | would | fox | a service of prince | | | now | for fox's own part | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent service=Recipient | | 5 | **service** | | | prince | | | | | nom service «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/64/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/)