--- title: And through the wolves, whose howls had now changed into those of ra… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And through the wolves, whose howls had now changed into those of rage, sought him everywhere, they never found him, for he hid behind a rock till they were out of sight, and then made his home in another forest. Who acts: howls, Wolf. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/34/82/) [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/) / 82 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 34, sentence 82 And through the wolves, whose howls had now changed into those of rage, sought him everywhere, they never found him, for he hid behind a rock till they were out of sight, and then made his home in another forest. **Who acts:** howls, Wolf · **What happens:** change, seek, not find, hide, be, make · **To what, where:** howls, wolves, Wolf, rock, sight, home 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 (howls, 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:pg3027:34:82 # text = And through the wolves, whose howls had now changed into those of rage, sought him everywhere, they never found him, for he hid behind a rock till they were out of sight, and then made his home in another forest. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 through through ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 howls howl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 10 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 10 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 16 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 28 behind behind ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 till till SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 out out ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 40 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 45 det _ _ 45 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | past · perfect · passive | | howls | | the wolves | now | | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into that=Result | | 2 | **seek** | past | | Wolf | | the wolves | | everywhere *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme through wolf=Location | | 3 | **not** **find** | past | howls *= howl* | Wolf | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 4 | **hide** | past | Wolf | | | a rock | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind rock=Location | | 5 | **is** | past | howls *= howl* | | | sight | | | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | past | | Wolf's home | | another forest | then | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset home=Product | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/34/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/34/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/34/)