--- title: So they looked up, and espied the wolf sitting amongst the branches;… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So they looked up, and espied the wolf sitting amongst the branches; and they called him a cowardly rascal, and would not suffer him to come down till he was heartily ashamed of himself, and had promised to be good friends again with old Sultan. Who acts: ears, wolf. 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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 (ears, wolf), 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:pg2591:6:24 # text = So they looked up, and espied the wolf sitting amongst the branches; and they called him a cowardly rascal, and would not suffer him to come down till he was heartily ashamed of himself, and had promised to be good friends again with old Sultan. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 espied espy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 cowardly cowardly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 rascal rascal NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 30 down down ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 till till SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 heartily heartily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 44 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 xcomp _ _ 46 again again ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look up** | past | ears *= ear* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **espy** | past | ears *= ear* *not said here* | the wolf | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wolf=Stimulus | | 3 | **sit** | gerund | the wolf *not said here* | | | the branches | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent amongst branch=Location | | 4 | **call** | past | ears *= ear* | | wolf | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **not** **suffer** | would | ears *= ear* *not said here* | wolf | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come down** | to-infinitive | ears *= ear* *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | wolf | | | | | of wolf; ashamed *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect | ears *= ear* *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | ears *= ear* *not said here* | good friends | | | again | with old Sultan | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/6/23/) - next →: [The Straw, the Coal, and the…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/7/1/) - ↑ back to [Old Sultan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/6/)