--- title: So the Fox bethought himself of his wiles, and ran up to the Bear an… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the Fox bethought himself of his wiles, and ran up to the Bear and the Wolf and said, “Now, my dear kinsmen, I have found food for all of us: a Bull for you, Mr. Bear, a Ram for you, Mr. Wolf, and a Cock for myself.” Who acts: Fox. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/33/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Folk-Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/) / [Opening, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/) / 33 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 31, sentence 33 So the Fox bethought himself of his wiles, and ran up to the Bear and the Wolf and said, “Now, my dear kinsmen, I have found food for all of us: a Bull for you, Mr. Bear, a Ram for you, Mr. Wolf, and a Cock for myself.” **Who acts:** Fox · **What happens:** bethink, run up, say, find · **To what, where:** Fox, dear kinsmen · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 31. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fox), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg62509:31:33 # text = So the Fox bethought himself of his wiles, and ran up to the Bear and the Wolf and said, “Now, my dear kinsmen, I have found food for all of us: a Bull for you, Mr. Bear, a Ram for you, Mr. Wolf, and a Cock for myself.” 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bethought bethink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 wiles wile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 kinsmen kinsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 amod _ _ 32 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 ccomp _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 nmod _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 parataxis _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Ram Ram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod:desc _ _ 52 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 Cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 57 for for ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ” " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bethink** | past | the Fox | Fox | | | | of Fox's wiles | tree rules | | 2 | **run up** | past | the Fox *not said here* | | | | | to the Bear and the Wolf *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to bear=Result | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Fox *not said here* | | | | | found food for all of us a Bull for you and Mr. Bear and a Ram for you and Wolf Mr. and a Cock for myself *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **find** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | my dear kinsmen | | | now | I *nsubj* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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:** «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Project Gutenberg book 62509 (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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/34/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/)