--- title: In a moment the King of the Foxes stood before him and said: ‘I know… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In a moment the King of the Foxes stood before him and said: ‘I know already what you want, and will summon all the foxes of the world together to find the mare who has hidden herself in a hill.’ Who acts: King, I, you. 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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 (King, I, you), 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:pg640:34:69 # text = In a moment the King of the Foxes stood before him and said: ‘I know already what you want, and will summon all the foxes of the world together to find the mare who has hidden herself in a hill.’ 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Foxes Fox PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 before before ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 18 already already ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 obj _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 summon summon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 foxes fox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 together together ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | the King of the Foxes | | | | before Prince; moment | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King of the Foxes *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **want** | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 5 | **summon** | future | I *not said here* | | all foxes of the world | | | together *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Recipient | | 6 | **find** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the mare | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mare=Topic | | 7 | **hide** | present · perfect · passive | | the mare | | a hill | | | tree rules | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/70/) - ↑ back to [The Flower Queen’s Daughter(23)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/)