--- title: But the King was overcome by a sudden terror when he saw the enormou… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the King was overcome by a sudden terror when he saw the enormous pack of wolves approaching nearer and nearer, and calling out to Ferko he said, ‘Enough, enough, we don’t want any more.’ Who acts: sudden terror, King, wolves, we. 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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 (sudden terror, King, wolves, we), 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:pg640:15:42 # text = But the King was overcome by a sudden terror when he saw the enormous pack of wolves approaching nearer and nearer, and calling out to Ferko he said, ‘Enough, enough, we don’t want any more.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 overcome overcome VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 enormous enormous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 18 approaching approach VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 acl _ _ 19 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 18 xcomp _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 25 out out ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Ferko Ferko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 38 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 40 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 41 det _ _ 41 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overcome** | past · passive | a sudden terror | the King | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | King | the enormous pack of wolves | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pack=Stimulus | | 3 | **approach** | gerund | wolves *not said here* | | | | | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **call out** *speech: assert* | gerund | King *not said here* | | Ferko | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to ferko=Recipient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **want** | present · do-support | we | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/43/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/)