--- title: Lady Mary asked Mr. Fox where they should live, and he described to… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Lady Mary asked Mr. Fox where they should live, and he described to her his castle, and where it was; but, strange to say, did not ask her, or her brothers to come and see it. Who acts: Lady Mary, lovers, Fox, castle. 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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 (Lady Mary, lovers, Fox, castle), 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:pg7439:29:6 # text = Lady Mary asked Mr. Fox where they should live, and he described to her his castle, and where it was; but, strange to say, did not ask her, or her brothers to come and see it. 1 Lady Lady PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Mary Mary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 9 advmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 described describe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 22 advmod _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Lady Mary | | Mr. Fox | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fox=Recipient | | 2 | **live** | should | lovers *= lover* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **describe** | past | Fox | Fox's castle | Mary | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent castle=Theme to she=be' | | 4 | **be** | past | castle | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | past · do-support | | Mary's brothers | Mary | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 7 | **come** | to-infinitive | | Mary's brothers *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **see** | infinitive | | castle | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/29/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/29/7/) - ↑ back to [Mr. Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/29/)