--- title: After running for some distance the fox suddenly disappeared into hi… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: After running for some distance the fox suddenly disappeared into his earth, and the Boy, riding up, dismounted at the mouth of the hole, and began to scheme how he was to catch the fox when he came out. Who acts: Boy. 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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 (Boy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75000:23:10 # text = After running for some distance the fox suddenly disappeared into his earth, and the Boy, riding up, dismounted at the mouth of the hole, and began to scheme how he was to catch the fox when he came out. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 8 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 dismounted dismount VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 scheme scheme VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 43 out out ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | gerund | | the fox | | | | for some distance | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent fox=Product for distance=Beneficiary | | 2 | **disappear** | past | | the Boy | | Boy's earth | | suddenly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ride up** | gerund | | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **dismount** | participle | | | | the mouth of the hole | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **scheme** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn conspire-71 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | Boy | | | | | the fox *obj*; catch *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **come out** | past | Boy | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | 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:** «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/11/) - ↑ back to [How He Found the Lost Turquoise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/)