--- title: But the faster the wolverine ran, the faster the rock rolled, and by… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the faster the wolverine ran, the faster the rock rolled, and by-and-by the little creature began to get very tired, and was sorry he had not left the rock to itself. Who acts: faster wolverine, rock, Wolverine. 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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 (faster wolverine, rock, Wolverine), 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:pg3282:16:70 # text = But the faster the wolverine ran, the faster the rock rolled, and by-and-by the little creature began to get very tired, and was sorry he had not left the rock to itself. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 faster fast ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wolverine wolverine NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 faster fast ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 23 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 very very ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | the faster wolverine | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **roll** | past | the rock | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **begin** | past | the faster wolverine *not said here* | | | | | by the little creature | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **get** | to-infinitive | the faster wolverine *not said here* | | | | | tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **leave** | past · perfect | Wolverine | the rock | creature | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rock=Theme to itself=Recipient | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/71/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/)