--- title: But they kept quite quiet, and did not open the door; so the Wolf, a… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: But they kept quite quiet, and did not open the door; so the Wolf, after looking several times round the house, at last jumped on the roof, thinking to wait till Red-Cap went home in the evening, and then to creep after her and eat her in the darkness. Who acts: Red, Wolf. 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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 (Red, Wolf), 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:pg11027:14:48 # text = But they kept quite quiet, and did not open the door; so the Wolf, after looking several times round the house, at last jumped on the roof, thinking to wait till Red-Cap went home in the evening, and then to creep after her and eat her in the darkness. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 quite quite ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 after after SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 20 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 round round ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 obl _ _ 28 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 till till ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 Red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Cap Cap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 41 home home ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 creep creep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 50 after after ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 54 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | Red | | | | | quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **open** | past · do-support | Red *not said here* | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 3 | **look** | gerund | the Wolf | | | | time | round the house | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent round house=Theme | | 4 | **jump** | past | Red *not said here* | | | last | | on the roof | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Trajectory | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | Red *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **wait** | to-infinitive | Red *not said here* | | | | till Red Cap | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **go** | past | Red *not said here* | | | | evening | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **creep** | to-infinitive | | | | | after cap; then | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **eat** | infinitive | | cap | | the darkness | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/14/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/14/49/) - ↑ back to [Little Red Cap](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/14/)