--- title: The wolf and the fox crept softly along, when suddenly they stopped… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The wolf and the fox crept softly along, when suddenly they stopped and looked at each other; a savoury smell of frying bacon reached their noses, and reached the noses of the sleeping dogs, who began to bark greedily. Who acts: wolf, Fox, savoury smell, sleeping dogs. A sentence of «The Orange Fair --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/102/) [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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/) / 102 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 6, sentence 102 The wolf and the fox crept softly along, when suddenly they stopped and looked at each other; a savoury smell of frying bacon reached their noses, and reached the noses of the sleeping dogs, who began to bark greedily. **Who acts:** wolf, Fox, savoury smell, sleeping dogs · **What happens:** creep, stop, look, fry, reach, begin · **To what, where:** bacon, noses This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wolf, Fox, savoury smell, sleeping dogs), 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:pg3027:6:102 # text = The wolf and the fox crept softly along, when suddenly they stopped and looked at each other; a savoury smell of frying bacon reached their noses, and reached the noses of the sleeping dogs, who began to bark greedily. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 softly softly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 along along ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 11 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 15 obl _ _ 18 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 savoury savoury ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 smell smell NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 23 of of SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 frying fry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 acl _ _ 25 bacon bacon NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 26 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 noses nose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 noses nose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 sleeping sleeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 bark bark VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 greedily greedily ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **creep** | past | the wolf and the fox | | | | | along, softly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stop** | past | Fox | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **look** | past | Fox *not said here* | | | | | at each | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at each=Theme | | 4 | **fry** | gerund | a savoury smell *not said here* | bacon | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bacon=Patient | | 5 | **reach** | past | a savoury smell | Fox's noses | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent nose=Theme | | 6 | **reach** | past | a savoury smell *not said here* | the noses of the sleeping dogs | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent nose=Theme | | 7 | **begin** | past | the sleeping dogs | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **bark** | to-infinitive | the sleeping dogs *not said here* | | | | | greedily *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «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 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/103/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/)