--- title: He remembered to have heard from his mother that a wolf could neithe… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He remembered to have heard from his mother that a wolf could neither bend his back nor turn his head, so as to look behind him, and quick as lightning he stretched up his hand, and seizing the wolf’s tail, pulled it towards him. Who acts: Antoine. 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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 (Antoine), 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:pg3454:12:16 # text = He remembered to have heard from his mother that a wolf could neither bend his back nor turn his head, so as to look behind him, and quick as lightning he stretched up his hand, and seizing the wolf’s tail, pulled it towards him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 14 cc:preconj _ _ 14 bend bend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 18 cc _ _ 18 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 26 behind behind ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 case _ _ 31 as as ADP IN _ 30 fixed _ _ 32 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 seizing seize VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 towards towards ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | past | Antoine | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive · perfect | | | | | | from Antoine's mother | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from mother=Source | | 3 | **bend** | could | | Antoine's back | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent back=Material | | 4 | **turn** | infinitive | | Antoine's head | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 5 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | behind Antoine | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent behind he=Theme | | 6 | **stretch up** | past | Antoine | Antoine's hand | | | | quick lightning | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 7 | **seize** | gerund | Antoine *not said here* | the wolf's tail | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme | | 8 | **pull** | past | | wolf | | | | towards Antoine | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme towards he=Destination | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/12/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/12/17/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/12/)