--- title: All the next day he spent wandering about the fields, and toward eve… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: All the next day he spent wandering about the fields, and toward evening the wolf came running to him in a great hurry and said, ‘I have collected together all the wolves in the kingdom, and they are waiting for you in the wood. Who acts: youth, wolf, I, wolves. 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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 (youth, wolf, 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:pg640:15:33 # text = All the next day he spent wandering about the fields, and toward evening the wolf came running to him in a great hurry and said, ‘I have collected together all the wolves in the kingdom, and they are waiting for you in the wood. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 spent spend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 wandering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 toward toward ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 18 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 hurry hurry NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 collected collect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 ccomp _ _ 32 together together ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spend** | past | youth | | | | day | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | youth *not said here* | | | | | about the fields | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about field=Stimulus | | 3 | **come** | past | the wolf | | | | evening | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **run** | gerund | the wolf *not said here* | | youth | a great hurry | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to he=Result | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the wolf *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **collect** | present · perfect | I | all wolves | | the kingdom | | together *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme | | 7 | **wait** | present · progressive | wolves *= wolf* | | | the wood | | for you | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/34/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/)