--- title: So he went and lay outside the fence, and a wolf came up to him and… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So he went and lay outside the fence, and a wolf came up to him and said, "Doggy, why so down in the mouth?"--"While I was young," said the dog, "they made much of me; but now that I am old they beat me." Who acts: dog, wolf, doors. 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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 (dog, wolf, doors), 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:pg29672:12:3 # text = So he went and lay outside the fence, and a wolf came up to him and said, "Doggy, why so down in the mouth?"--"While I was young," said the dog, "they made much of me; but now that I am old they beat me." 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 6 outside outside ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fence fence NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 up up ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Doggy doggy NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 down down ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ? ? PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 While while SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 39 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 46 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 51 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 55 advmod _ _ 52 that that SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 55 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl _ _ 56 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 beat beat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 acl:relcl _ _ 58 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | dog | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lay** | infinitive | dog *not said here* | | | the fence | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent outside fence=Destination | | 3 | **come up** | past | a wolf | | dog | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | dog *not said here* | Doggy | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent doggy=Topic | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | dog | | | | | young *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the dog | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | past | doors *= door* | much | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset much=Product | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the dog *= dog* | | | | now | old *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **beat** *in a quote* | past | doors *= door* | the dog *= dog* | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location i=Theme | 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:** «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», Project Gutenberg book 29672 (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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/12/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/12/4/) - ↑ back to [The Old Dog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/12/)