--- title: “Good-morning, Brother Hare,” replied the Wolf; “I am just going off… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “Good-morning, Brother Hare,” replied the Wolf; “I am just going off to yonder valley to keep an appointment with a fat Kyang, whom I have arranged to kill and eat this very day, and Brother Fox is coming with me to share in the spoil.” Who acts: Good morning, Brother 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 (Good morning, Brother Fox), 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:pg75000:8:19 # text = “Good-morning, Brother Hare,” replied the Wolf; “I am just going off to yonder valley to keep an appointment with a fat Kyang, whom I have arranged to kill and eat this very day, and Brother Fox is coming with me to share in the spoil.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Brother Brother PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 7 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 10 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 just just ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 19 off off ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 25 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 appointment appointment NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 Kyang Kyang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 arranged arrange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 acl:relcl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 41 very very ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 Brother brother ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 advcl _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ” " PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Good morning | the Wolf | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wolf=Topic | | 2 | **go off** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Good morning *= morning* | | | | | to valley | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **keep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Good morning *= morning* *not said here* | a appointment | | | | with a fat Kyang | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appointment=Theme | | 4 | **arrange** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Good morning *= morning* | a fat Kyang | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **kill** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Good morning *= morning* *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **eat** *in a quote* | infinitive | Good morning *= morning* *not said here* | | | | day | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Brother Fox | | | | with Good morning *= morning* | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **share** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Brother Fox *not said here* | | | the spoil | | | tree rules | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/8/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/8/20/) - ↑ back to [The Kyang, the Fox, the Wolf and the Hare.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/8/)