--- title: Now the wolverine was very angry when he saw his dinner vanishing in… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the wolverine was very angry when he saw his dinner vanishing in front of him, especially as HE could not climb trees like the bear, so he followed, and stood at the foot of the tree, shrieking as loud as he could, “Come down, sister; our father has sent me to look for you! 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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 (wolverine, dinner, father), 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:pg3282:17:2 # text = Now the wolverine was very angry when he saw his dinner vanishing in front of him, especially as HE could not climb trees like the bear, so he followed, and stood at the foot of the tree, shrieking as loud as he could, “Come down, sister; our father has sent me to look for you! 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wolverine wolverine NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 vanishing vanish VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 especially especially ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 HE he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 24 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 25 like like ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 shrieking shriek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 43 as as ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 “ " PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 51 down down ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 55 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 57 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 59 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 advcl _ _ 62 for for ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the wolverine | | | | now | angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | wolverine | wolverine's dinner | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dinner=Stimulus | | 3 | **vanish** | gerund | wolverine's dinner *not said here* | | | front of wolverine | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **climb** | could | wolverine | trees | | | | like the bear; especially *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme | | 5 | **follow** | past | wolverine | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **stand** | past | wolverine *not said here* | | | the foot of the tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at foot=Location | | 7 | **shriek** | gerund | wolverine *not said here* | | | | | loud *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **come down** *in a quote* | infinitive | wolverine *not said here* | sister | | | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **send** *in a quote* | present · perfect | our father | the bear *= bear* | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 10 | **look** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | our father *not said here* | | | | | for you | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for you=Theme | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/3/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/)