--- title: But when the snows began and the wind howled, then his stomach felt… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But when the snows began and the wind howled, then his stomach felt empty and his limbs cold, and he hid in trees all the night, and only crept out to eat what the wolves had left behind. Who acts: snows, wind, stomach. 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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 (snows, wind, stomach), 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:pg640:25:18 # text = But when the snows began and the wind howled, then his stomach felt empty and his limbs cold, and he hid in trees all the night, and only crept out to eat what the wolves had left behind. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 snows snow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 howled howl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 limbs limb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 only only ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 33 out out ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 35 obj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 behind behind ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the snows | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **howl** | past | the wind | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **feel** | past | wind's stomach | | | | then | empty *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **hide** | past | stomach | | | trees | night | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location | | 5 | **creep out** | past | stomach *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **eat** | to-infinitive | stomach *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | | 7 | **leave behind** | past · perfect · passive | | the wolves | | | | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/19/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/)