--- title: The fox thanked him heartily, tore two hairs out of his bushy tail,… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The fox thanked him heartily, tore two hairs out of his bushy tail, and said: ‘Should you ever stand in need of my help throw these two hairs into the fire, and in a moment I shall be at your side ready to obey you.’ Who acts: fox, you, I, my. 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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, you, I, my), 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:pg640:31:74 # text = The fox thanked him heartily, tore two hairs out of his bushy tail, and said: ‘Should you ever stand in need of my help throw these two hairs into the fire, and in a moment I shall be at your side ready to obey you.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 heartily heartily ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 tore tore NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 hairs hair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 10 out out ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 bushy bushy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 23 advmod _ _ 23 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 30 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 31 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 hairs hair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 cop _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 47 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | the fox | tore two hairs out fox's bushy tail | Prince | | | heartily *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **stand** | should | you | | | need of my help | ever | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in need=Location | | 4 | **throw** | infinitive | you *not said here* | this two hairs | | | | into the fire *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer hair=Theme into fire=Result | | 5 | **is** | shall | I | | | your side | moment | | tree rules | | 6 | **obey** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | you | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 7 | **need** | | | my help | | | | | nom need «state transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **help** | | my | | | | | | nom help «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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/75/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/)