--- title: The Wolf's song ended suddenly, and as he ran, with the Dogs at his… — The Aesop for Children · tree and pragmatics description: The Wolf's song ended suddenly, and as he ran, with the Dogs at his heels, he called himself a fool for turning piper to please a Kid, when he should have stuck to his butcher's trade. Who acts: song, fool, Wolf, butcher. 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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 (song, fool, Wolf, butcher), 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:pg19994:3:19 # text = The Wolf's song ended suddenly, and as he ran, with the Dogs at his heels, he called himself a fool for turning piper to please a Kid, when he should have stuck to his butcher's trade. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 22 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 xcomp _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 27 piper piper NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 please please VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux _ _ 37 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 butcher butcher NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 41 's 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | past | the Wolf's song | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **run** | past | song | the Dogs | | song's heels | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent dog=Theme at heel=Trajectory | | 3 | **call** | past | song | song | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient | | 4 | **turn** | gerund | a fool *not said here* | piper | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent piper=Theme | | 5 | **please** | to-infinitive | a fool *not said here* | a Kid | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus kid=Experiencer | | 6 | **stick** | should · perfect | song | | | | | to song's butcher's trade | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to trade=Co-Patient | | 7 | **sing** | | the Wolf | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **trade** | | song's butcher | | | | | | nom trade «act transitive»: 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:** «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop, Project Gutenberg book 19994 (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/pg19994/3/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/20/) - ↑ back to [The Wolf and the Kid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/)