--- title: “I then dreamed that I rushed down the gallery, and just as I was go… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I then dreamed that I rushed down the gallery, and just as I was going down the stairs, I saw you, Mr. Fox, coming up to the hall door, dragging after you a poor young lady, rich and beautiful.” Who acts: Mr. Fox. 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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 (Mr. Fox), 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:pg7439:33:8 # text = “I then dreamed that I rushed down the gallery, and just as I was going down the stairs, I saw you, Mr. Fox, coming up to the hall door, dragging after you a poor young lady, rich and beautiful.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 dreamed dream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 down down ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 gallery gallery NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 just just ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 18 down down ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 csubj _ _ 30 up up ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 dragging drag VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 csubj _ _ 37 after after ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dream** *in a quote* | past | Mr. Fox *= fox* | | | | then | | vn cognize-85 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **rush down** *in a quote* | past | Mr. Fox *= fox* | the gallery | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gallery=Trajectory | | 3 | **go down** *in a quote* | past · progressive | Mr. Fox *= fox* | the stairs | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient stair=Extent | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | past | Mr. Fox *= fox* | you | | | | Mr. Fox *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 5 | **come up** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | the hall door | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to door=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **drag** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | after you | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=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:** «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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/33/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/33/9/) - ↑ back to [Be Bold, Be Bold, But Not Too Bold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/33/)