--- title: “Those wolves may return,” she said, “for their chief is crafty and… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Those wolves may return,” she said, “for their chief is crafty and sagacious, and it is certain, from the look I caught in his eye as he departed, that he would rather taste of me than cat any woman he has met.” Who acts: wolves, lady, chief, curse. 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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 (wolves, lady, chief, curse), 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:pg2892:42:4 # text = “Those wolves may return,” she said, “for their chief is crafty and sagacious, and it is certain, from the look I caught in his eye as he departed, that he would rather taste of me than cat any woman he has met.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 crafty crafty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 sagacious sagacious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 rather rather ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 taste taste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 44 than than ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 47 det _ _ 47 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** *in a quote* | may | that wolves | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | lady | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | for wolves's chief; crafty *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | chief | | | | | certain *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **catch** *in a quote* | past | lady | the look *not said here* | | curse's eye | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Theme | | 7 | **depart** *in a quote* | past | curse | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **taste** *in a quote* | would | curse | | | | | of lady; than cat | vn see-30.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **meet** *in a quote* | present · perfect | any woman | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «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:** «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Project Gutenberg book 2892 (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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/42/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/42/5/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/42/)