--- title: So the wolf broke forth in his song of lament: “Hu, hu, hu, hum, hoh… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the wolf broke forth in his song of lament: “Hu, hu, hu, hum, hoh,” he shouted, and he made such a noise that the bear put up his paws to his ears, and begged him to stop. Who acts: wolf, bear, lament. 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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, bear, lament), 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:pg2435:25:2 # text = So the wolf broke forth in his song of lament: “Hu, hu, hu, hum, hoh,” he shouted, and he made such a noise that the bear put up his paws to his ears, and begged him to stop. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 forth forth ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 lament lament NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Hu Hu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 hu Hu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 hu Hu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 hum hum NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 hoh hoh NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ” " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 30 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 32 det:predet _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 paws paw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | the wolf | Hu and hu and hu and hum | | wolf's song of lament | | forth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in song=Location | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | wolf | hoh *not said here* | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hoh=Topic | | 3 | **make** | past | wolf | such noise | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Product | | 4 | **put up** | past | the bear | bear's paws | | | | to bear's ears | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent paw=Goal | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the wolf *not said here* | | bear | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the wolf *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **sing** | | lament | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/3/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/)