--- title: But the wolf had laid his black paws against the window, and the chi… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the wolf had laid his black paws against the window, and the children saw them and cried: ‘We will not open the door, our mother has not black feet like you: you are the wolf!’ Who acts: children, We, mother, you. 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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 (children, We, mother, you), 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:pg2591:35:13 # text = But the wolf had laid his black paws against the window, and the children saw them and cried: ‘We will not open the door, our mother has not black feet like you: you are the wolf!’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 paws paw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 9 against against ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 parataxis _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 33 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 35 like like ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | past · perfect · passive | | the wolf | | | | against the window | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme paw=Destination | | 2 | **see** | past | the children | paws *= paw* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the children *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **open** | future | We | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 5 | **have** | present | our mother | black feet | | | | like you | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient | | 6 | **is a** | present | you | the wolf | | | | | tree rules | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/35/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/35/14/) - ↑ back to [The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/35/)