--- title: The wolf did not want to be asked twice; so that very night he went… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The wolf did not want to be asked twice; so that very night he went to the house and crawled through the drain into the kitchen, and then into the pantry, and ate and drank there to his heart’s content. Who acts: wolf, pig. 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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, pig), 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:pg2591:25:88 # text = The wolf did not want to be asked twice; so that very night he went to the house and crawled through the drain into the kitchen, and then into the pantry, and ate and drank there to his heart’s content. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ _ 9 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 16 mark _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 13 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 crawled crawl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 22 through through ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 drain drain NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 pantry pantry NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 39 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 content content NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | the wolf | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | the wolf *not said here* | | | | | twice *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V» | | 3 | **go** | past | pig | | | the house | night | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **crawl** | past | pig *not said here* | | | the drain | | into the kitchen; into the pantry | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into kitchen=Destination | | 5 | **eat** | past | pig *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **drink** | past | pig *not said here* | | | there | | to pig's heart's content | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/89/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)