--- title: In trying to catch a fox last night he lost his horse, his gun, his… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: In trying to catch a fox last night he lost his horse, his gun, his sword, his dog, and even his clothes, and now he has not the least idea where to find them.” Who acts: Father. 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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 (Father), 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:pg75000:23:21 # text = In trying to catch a fox last night he lost his horse, his gun, his sword, his dog, and even his clothes, and now he has not the least idea where to find them.” 1 In in SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 even even ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 35 amod _ _ 35 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | gerund | | Father's gun and Father's sword and Father's dog and Father's clothes | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **catch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | a fox | | | night | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Theme | | 3 | **lose** | past | Father | Father's horse | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Eventuality | | 4 | **have** | present | Father | the least idea | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient | | 5 | **find** | to-infinitive | Father *not said here* | clothes | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/22/) - ↑ back to [How He Found the Lost Turquoise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/)