--- title: The Wolf began to run as fast as he could, taking the nearest way; a… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: The Wolf began to run as fast as he could, taking the nearest way; and the little girl went by that farthest about, diverting herself in gathering nuts, running after butterflies, and making nosegays of such little flowers as she met with. Who acts: Wolf, little girl. A sentence of «The Fairy Tales --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/7/16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/) / [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/7/) / 16 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, \_thomas Bodkin\_, part 1, sentence 16 The Wolf began to run as fast as he could, taking the nearest way; and the little girl went by that farthest about, diverting herself in gathering nuts, running after butterflies, and making nosegays of such little flowers as she met with. **Who acts:** Wolf, little girl · **What happens:** begin, run, take, go, divert, gather · **To what, where:** nearest way, Wolf, gathering nuts, nosegays This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, \_thomas Bodkin\_, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wolf, little girl), 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:pg29021:7:16 # text = The Wolf began to run as fast as he could, taking the nearest way; and the little girl went by that farthest about, diverting herself in gathering nuts, running after butterflies, and making nosegays of such little flowers as she met with. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 as as ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 amod _ _ 15 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 obl _ _ 24 farthest far ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 acl _ _ 25 about about ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 diverting divert VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 28 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 gathering gather VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 amod _ _ 31 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 conj _ _ 34 after after ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 butterflies butterfly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 conj _ _ 39 nosegays nosegay NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the Wolf | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **run** | to-infinitive | the Wolf *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **take** | gerund | the Wolf *not said here* | the nearest way | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 4 | **go** | past | the little girl | | | | | by that; about *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by that=Location | | 5 | **divert** | gerund | the little girl *not said here* | Wolf | | gathering nuts | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus herself=Experiencer | | 6 | **gather** | gerund | | | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **run** | gerund | the little girl *not said here* | | | | after butterflies | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **make** | gerund | the little girl *not said here* | nosegays of such little flowers | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nosegay=Product | | 9 | **meet** | past | Wolf | | | | | | 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:** «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/7/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/7/17/) - ↑ back to [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/7/)