--- title: When she got to the outskirts of the town, led by the light of the m… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When she got to the outskirts of the town, led by the light of the moon, she met a fox, who offered to accompany her, an offer which Grannonia gladly accepted, saying ‘You are most heartily welcome, for I don’t know my way at all about the neighbourhood.’ Who acts: Princess, fox, Grannonia, 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 (Princess, fox, Grannonia, 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:pg7277:25:44 # text = When she got to the outskirts of the town, led by the light of the moon, she met a fox, who offered to accompany her, an offer which Grannonia gladly accepted, saying ‘You are most heartily welcome, for I don’t know my way at all about the neighbourhood.’ 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 outskirts outskirt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 accompany accompany VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 33 Grannonia Grannonia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 accepted accept VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 38 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 41 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 42 advmod _ _ 42 heartily heartily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 welcome welcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 for for SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 48 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 50 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 at at ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 53 all all ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 54 about about ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 neighbourhood neighbourhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Princess | | | | | to the outskirts of the town *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to outskirt=Result | | 2 | **lead** | participle | | the town *not said here* | | | | by the light of the moon | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by light=Destination | | 3 | **meet** | past | Princess | a fox | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Co-Agent | | 4 | **offer** | past | a fox | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **accompany** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a fox *not said here* | Princess | | | | a offer *obl* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **accept** | past | Grannonia | a offer | | | | gladly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a fox *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **is a** | present | You | heartily welcome | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | I | my way | | the neighbourhood | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | | 10 | **light** | | | the moon | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/45/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/)