--- title: But the wolf on whose back Ferko sat, said to its rider, ‘Go on! go… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the wolf on whose back Ferko sat, said to its rider, ‘Go on! go on!’ and at the same moment many more wolves ran up the hill, howling horribly and showing their white teeth. Who acts: wolf, many more 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 (wolf, many more 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:pg640:15:43 # text = But the wolf on whose back Ferko sat, said to its rider, ‘Go on! go on!’ and at the same moment many more wolves ran up the hill, howling horribly and showing their white teeth. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 Ferko Ferko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 8 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 rider rider NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 17 on on ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ! ! PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ 19 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 20 on on ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ! ! PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 28 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 amod _ _ 30 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 howling howl VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 37 horribly horribly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 showing show VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 conj _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | the wolf on the wolf on the wolf's back's back | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the wolf on the wolf on the wolf's back's back *not said here* | | | | | to back's rider | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to rider=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 3 | **go on** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **go on** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **run up** | past | many more wolves | the hill | | | moment | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hill=Trajectory | | 6 | **howl** | gerund | many more wolves *not said here* | | | | | horribly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **show** | gerund | many more wolves *not said here* | wolves's white teeth | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tooth=Recipient | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/44/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/)