--- title: But the fox said, ‘My dear daughter, your joy is in vain, because, l… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the fox said, ‘My dear daughter, your joy is in vain, because, let me tell you, this blood is of no earthly use to you unless you add some of mine to it,’ and with these words he took to his heels. Who acts: fox, joy, me, blood. 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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, joy, me, blood), 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:pg7277:25:58 # text = But the fox said, ‘My dear daughter, your joy is in vain, because, let me tell you, this blood is of no earthly use to you unless you add some of mine to it,’ and with these words he took to his heels. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 because because SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 30 det _ _ 29 earthly earthly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nmod _ _ 33 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 add add VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 36 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 35 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 46 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the fox | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | your joy | | | | | vain *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | me *not said here* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | present | this blood | | you | | | of no earthly use | tree rules | | 6 | **add** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | some | blood | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent some=Patient to it=Co-Patient | | 7 | **take** | past | fox | this words *not said here* | | fox's heels | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent word=Theme to heel=Destination | | 8 | **joy** | | your | | | | | | nom joy «feeling 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/59/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/)