--- title: They promised to do their best, and the fox continued, ‘The wolf has… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They promised to do their best, and the fox continued, ‘The wolf has declared war against me, and is at this moment marching to meet me in company with the bear and the wild boar, and to-morrow there will be a fierce battle between us.’ Who acts: troubles, fox, moment. 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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 (troubles, fox, moment), 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:pg7277:53:31 # text = They promised to do their best, and the fox continued, ‘The wolf has declared war against me, and is at this moment marching to meet me in company with the bear and the wild boar, and to-morrow there will be a fierce battle between us.’ 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 declared declare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 18 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 xcomp _ _ 19 against against ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 27 marching march VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 boar boar NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 45 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 47 expl _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 cop _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 51 between between ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | troubles *= trouble* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | troubles *= trouble* *not said here* | troubles's best | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 3 | **continue** | past | the fox | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **declare** *speech: other* | present · perfect · passive | | the wolf | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | | at this moment | | tree rules | | 6 | **march** | gerund | this moment *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **meet** | to-infinitive | this moment *not said here* | me | | company | | with the bear and the wild boar | vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent i=Theme with bear=Instrument | | 8 | **is a** | infinitive | | a fierce battle | | | | to morrow; between us | tree rules | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/53/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/53/32/) - ↑ back to [The War of the Wolf and the Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/53/)