--- title: The next day the fox started off for Blacky’s house, because he had… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The next day the fox started off for Blacky’s house, because he had made up his mind that he would get the three little pigs together in his den, and then kill them, and invite all his friends to a feast. Who acts: fox. 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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), 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:pg7277:13:55 # text = The next day the fox started off for Blacky’s house, because he had made up his mind that he would get the three little pigs together in his den, and then kill them, and invite all his friends to a feast. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 Blacky Blacky PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 because because SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 26 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 28 together together ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 35 kill kill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 invite invite VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start off** | past | the fox | | | | day | for Blacky's house | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **make up** | past · perfect | fox | fox's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 3 | **get** | would | fox | the three little pigs | | fox's den | | together *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pig=Stimulus | | 4 | **kill** | infinitive | | walls *= wall* | | | then | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **invite** | infinitive | | | fox's friends | | | to a feast | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient | | 6 | **mind** | | fox | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/13/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/13/56/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Pigs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/13/)