--- title: With this new protector Iwanich wandered on through the forest, and… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: With this new protector Iwanich wandered on through the forest, and though he came upon a great many more wolves, hyenas, leopards, and other wild beasts, they always kept at a respectful distance when they saw what sort of an escort the Prince had with him. Who acts: Iwanich, leopards, Prince. 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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 (Iwanich, leopards, Prince), 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:pg640:31:4 # text = With this new protector Iwanich wandered on through the forest, and though he came upon a great many more wolves, hyenas, leopards, and other wild beasts, they always kept at a respectful distance when they saw what sort of an escort the Prince had with him. 1 With with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 protector protector NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 Iwanich Iwanich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 though though SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 upon upon ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 18 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 19 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 21 amod _ _ 21 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 hyenas hyena NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 leopards leopard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 34 advmod _ _ 34 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 respectful respectful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 42 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 43 det _ _ 43 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 escort escort NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wander** | past | Iwanich | other wild beasts | | the forest | | with this new protector | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through forest=Trajectory | | 2 | **come** | past | Iwanich | | | a great many more wolves and hyenas and leopards | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon wolf=Location | | 3 | **keep** | past | leopards *= leopard* | | | | | at a respectful distance; always *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at distance=Location | | 4 | **see** | past | leopards *= leopard* | what sort of a escort | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sort=Stimulus | | 5 | **have** | past | the Prince | a escort *not said here* | | | | with beast | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent escort=Patient | | 6 | **sort** | | | a escort | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/5/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/)