--- title: He had scarcely uttered the words when the Iron Wolf came running up… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He had scarcely uttered the words when the Iron Wolf came running up, and said to him, "I'll collect and drive back all these cattle into the egg again, and I'll patch the egg up so that it will become quite whole. Who acts: servant, Iron Wolf, 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 (servant, Iron Wolf, 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:pg29672:17:11 # text = He had scarcely uttered the words when the Iron Wolf came running up, and said to him, "I'll collect and drive back all these cattle into the egg again, and I'll patch the egg up so that it will become quite whole. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 uttered utter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Iron Iron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 collect collect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 26 back back ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 33 again again ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 patch patch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:agent _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 42 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 46 mark _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 fixed _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 47 quite quite ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **utter** *speech: other* | past · perfect | servant | the words | | | | scarcely *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 2 | **come** | past | the Iron Wolf | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **run up** | gerund | the Iron Wolf *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Iron Wolf *not said here* | | servant | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **collect** *in a quote* | future | servant | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **drive back** *in a quote* | infinitive | servant *not said here* | all cattle | | the egg | again | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cattle=Theme into egg=Trajectory | | 7 | **patch up** *in a quote* | future | servant | the egg | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **become** *in a quote* | future | Wolf | | | | | whole *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/17/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/17/12/) - ↑ back to [The Iron Wolf](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/17/)