--- title: ‘She is with us,’ replied the fox, ‘and has changed herself into a b… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘She is with us,’ replied the fox, ‘and has changed herself into a big fox, and her foal into a little one, but strike the ground with a halter and say, “Come here, O mare of the mountain witch!”’ Who acts: mare, us. 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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 (mare, us), 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:pg641:7:125 # text = ‘She is with us,’ replied the fox, ‘and has changed herself into a big fox, and her foal into a little one, but strike the ground with a halter and say, “Come here, O mare of the mountain witch!”’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ‘ NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 16 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obj _ _ 17 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 strike strike VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 halter halter NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 “ " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 42 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 O of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 45 case _ _ 45 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | mare | | | | | with us | tree rules | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | us | the fox and ‘ | | | | into a little one; mare's foal *obl* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fox=Topic | | 3 | **change** | present · perfect | us *not said here* | mare | | | | into a big fox *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent herself=Patient into fox=Result | | 4 | **strike** | present | | the ground | | | | with a halter | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent ground=Patient with halter=Instrument | | 5 | **say** *speech: express* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | here | | of mare of the mountain witch | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of mare=Initial\_Location | 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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/126/) - ↑ back to [The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/)