--- title: As the Fox went in, the Bull gored him with his horns to the wall, a… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: As the Fox went in, the Bull gored him with his horns to the wall, and the Ram sat on his flanks, and the Pig tore him to atoms, whilst the Goose flew on to him and picked out his eyes. Who acts: Fox, Bull, Ram, Pig. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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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, Bull, Ram, Pig), 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:pg62509:31:40 # text = As the Fox went in, the Bull gored him with his horns to the wall, and the Ram sat on his flanks, and the Pig tore him to atoms, whilst the Goose flew on to him and picked out his eyes. 1 As as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Bull Bull PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 gored gore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 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 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Ram Ram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 flanks flank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 tore tore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 atoms atom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 38 on on ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 43 out out ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go in** | past | the Fox | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **gore** | past | the Bull | Fox | | | | with Fox's horns; to the wall | tree rules | | 3 | **sit** | past | the Ram | | | Fox's flanks | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on flank=Location | | 4 | **tore** | past | the Pig | Fox | | | | to atoms | tree rules | | 5 | **fly on** | past | the Goose | | Fox | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to he=Result | | 6 | **pick out** | past | the Goose *not said here* | Fox's eyes | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=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:** «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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/41/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/)