--- title: The dog, on seeing the fox go off, at once started in full pursuit;… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The dog, on seeing the fox go off, at once started in full pursuit; and the horse, excited by the dog’s cries, galloped off after the pair, and in a few moments all three were lost to sight in the gathering darkness. Who acts: dog. 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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 (dog), 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:pg75000:23:14 # text = The dog, on seeing the fox go off, at once started in full pursuit; and the horse, excited by the dog’s cries, galloped off after the pair, and in a few moments all three were lost to sight in the gathering darkness. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 on on SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 at at SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 13 advmod _ _ 13 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 pursuit pursuit NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 excited excited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’s 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 cries cry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 galloped gallop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 30 off off ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 after after ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 moments moment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 40 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 41 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nmod _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 gathering gathering NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | the dog *not said here* | the fox | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fox=Stimulus | | 2 | **go off** | infinitive | the dog | the horse | | | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **start** | past | the dog *not said here* | | | full pursuit | | once *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **gallop off** | participle | | the dog's cries *not said here* | | | after the pair | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **lose** | past · passive | the dog *not said here* | | | the gathering darkness | moment | to sight | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: in darkness=Eventuality | | 6 | **cry** | | the dog | | | | | | nom cry «communication intransitive»: 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:** «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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/15/) - ↑ back to [How He Found the Lost Turquoise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/)