--- title: Perhaps," thought he, "the wolf will listen to what I have got to sa… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Perhaps," thought he, "the wolf will listen to what I have got to say," and he called to him from out of his stomach, "Dear wolf, I know of a magnificent feast for you." Who acts: wolf, I. 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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 (wolf, I), 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:pg11027:17:161 # text = Perhaps," thought he, "the wolf will listen to what I have got to say," and he called to him from out of his stomach, "Dear wolf, I know of a magnificent feast for you." 1 Perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 out out ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | | wolf | | | | perhaps *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute clause=Theme | | 2 | **listen** | future | the wolf | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to what=Theme | | 3 | **get** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **call** *in a quote* | past | wolf | | pastor | wolf's stomach and Dear wolf | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 6 | **know** | present | I | | | | | of a magnificent feast; for you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of feast=Stimulus | 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 160](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/160/) - next →: [sentence 162](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/162/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/)