--- title: When he wrestled with Klas Bogenstrom or Frithiof Waderfelt and stru… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he wrestled with Klas Bogenstrom or Frithiof Waderfelt and struck them in the back, he would say ‘That is what I shall do to a wolf!’ and when he shot arrows at Jonas and they rattled against his sheepskin coat he would say: ‘That is how I should shoot you if you were a wolf!’ Who acts: Walter, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/7/117/) [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 Lilac Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/7/) / 117 # The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 7, sentence 117 When he wrestled with Klas Bogenstrom or Frithiof Waderfelt and struck them in the back, he would say ‘That is what I shall do to a wolf!’ and when he shot arrows at Jonas and they rattled against his sheepskin coat he would say: ‘That is how I should shoot you if you were a wolf!’ **Who acts:** Walter, That, I, Wolves, you · **What happens:** wrestle, strike, say, be, do, shoot · **To what, where:** Wolves, back, arrows, Jonas, sheepskin coat, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Walter, That, I, Wolves), 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:pg3454:7:117 # text = When he wrestled with Klas Bogenstrom or Frithiof Waderfelt and struck them in the back, he would say ‘That is what I shall do to a wolf!’ and when he shot arrows at Jonas and they rattled against his sheepskin coat he would say: ‘That is how I should shoot you if you were a wolf!’ 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wrestled wrestle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Klas Klas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 Bogenstrom Bogenstrom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 Frithiof Frithiof PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 9 Waderfelt Waderfelt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 20 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 ccomp _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ! ! PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 36 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Jonas Jonas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 rattled rattle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 42 against against ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 sheepskin sheepskin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 : : PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 50 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 nsubj _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 53 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 56 advmod _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 57 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 if if SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 59 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 60 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ! ! PUNCT . _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 56 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wrestle** | past | Walter | | | | | with Klas or Frithiof | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with klas=Co-Agent | | 2 | **strike** | past | Walter *not said here* | Wolves *= wolf* | | the back | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | Walter | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is a** | present | That | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | shall | I | | | | | to a wolf | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **shoot** | past | Walter | arrows | | Jonas | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme at jonas=Destination | | 7 | **rattle** | past | Wolves *= wolf* | | | Walter's sheepskin coat | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against coat=Location | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | Walter | Walter's sheepskin coat *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent coat=Topic | | 9 | **is** | present | That | | | | | how *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **shoot** | should | I | you | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 11 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | a wolf | | | | | tree rules | 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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/7/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/7/118/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/7/)