--- title: ‘All right,’ said the fox, ‘only don’t be in such a hurry; let’s wai… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘All right,’ said the fox, ‘only don’t be in such a hurry; let’s wait till night, when the little birds have gone to roost, then I’ll climb up and catch them all for you.’ Who acts: ’s, little birds, I. 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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 (’s, little birds, I), 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:pg7277:25:54 # text = ‘All right,’ said the fox, ‘only don’t be in such a hurry; let’s wait till night, when the little birds have gone to roost, then I’ll climb up and catch them all for you.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 ccomp _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 only only ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 12 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 13 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 18 det:predet _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 hurry hurry NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 20 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’s we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 till till ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 when when SCONJ WRB _ 31 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 30 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 roost roost VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 catch catch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 42 nmod:unmarked _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the fox | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is** | infinitive · do-support | | | | such hurry | | | tree rules | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | ’s | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **wait** | infinitive | ’s *not said here* | | | | night | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **go** | present · perfect | the little birds | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **roost** | to-infinitive | the little birds *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **climb up** | future | I | | | | then | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **catch** | present | I *not said here* | birds *= bird* | | | | for you | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent they=Theme for you=Beneficiary | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/55/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/)