--- title: Rushing through the court to their master’s aid, the fox gnawed the… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Rushing through the court to their master’s aid, the fox gnawed the cord in two that bound the prince’s thumbs behind his back, and the lion flung himself on the robber, and when he had killed him and torn him in pieces each of the beasts carried off a bone. Who acts: fox, lion, each. 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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, lion, each), 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:pg641:5:54 # text = Rushing through the court to their master’s aid, the fox gnawed the cord in two that bound the prince’s thumbs behind his back, and the lion flung himself on the robber, and when he had killed him and torn him in pieces each of the beasts carried off a bone. 1 Rushing rush VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 2 through through ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 aid aid NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 gnawed gnaw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 obl _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 bound bound VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’s 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 thumbs thumb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 24 behind behind ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 32 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 obj _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 torn tear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 48 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 52 nsubj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ _ 52 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 53 off off ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rush** | gerund | the fox *not said here* | | | the court | | to eyes's master's aid *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to aid=Result | | 2 | **gnaw** | past | the fox | the cord | | two | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=Patient | | 3 | **bound** | present | | the prince's thumbs | | master's back | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location thumb=Theme | | 4 | **fling** | past | the lion | fox | | the robber | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme on robber=Destination | | 5 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive | | fox | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer he=Result | | 6 | **tear** | past | the fox *not said here* | master | | pieces | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location he=Theme | | 7 | **carry off** | past | each | a bone | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Theme | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/55/) - ↑ back to [The Three Princes and Their Beasts (lithuanian Fairy Tale)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/)