--- title: It took them a long time to make up their minds, as one wolf propose… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It took them a long time to make up their minds, as one wolf proposed one thing and one another; but at last it was agreed that the old wolf should give a great feast in his house, and that the mink should be invited to the party. Who acts: It, one wolf, old wolf, husband. A sentence of «The Orange --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/34/41/) [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 Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/34/) / 41 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 34, sentence 41 It took them a long time to make up their minds, as one wolf proposed one thing and one another; but at last it was agreed that the old wolf should give a great feast in his house, and that the mink should be invited to the party. **Who acts:** It, one wolf, old wolf, husband · **What happens:** take, make up, propose, agree, give, invite · **To what, where:** husband, minds, one thing, thing, last, great feast This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 34. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, one wolf, old wolf, husband), 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:pg3027:34:41 # text = It took them a long time to make up their minds, as one wolf proposed one thing and one another; but at last it was agreed that the old wolf should give a great feast in his house, and that the mink should be invited to the party. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 minds mind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 proposed propose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 appos _ _ 21 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 20 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 obl _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 mink mink NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | It | husband | | | time | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **make up** | to-infinitive | | husband's minds | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 3 | **propose** | past | one wolf | one thing | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 4 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past · passive | | thing | | last | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent that S»: subject=Co-Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **give** *not said to happen* | should | the old wolf | a great feast | | Wolf's house | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Theme | | 6 | **invite** | should · passive | | the mink | | | | to the party | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 7 | **mind** | | husband | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/34/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/34/42/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/34/)