--- title: ‘Oh, she is with us,’ answered the wolf, ‘and she has changed hersel… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Oh, she is with us,’ answered the wolf, ‘and she has changed herself into a she-wolf, and the foal into a cub; but strike the earth here with the halter, and cry, “Come to me, O mare of the mountain witch.”’ Who acts: mare, us. 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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 (mare, us), 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:pg641:7:136 # text = ‘Oh, she is with us,’ answered the wolf, ‘and she has changed herself into a she-wolf, and the foal into a cub; but strike the earth here with the halter, and cry, “Come to me, O mare of the mountain witch.”’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 parataxis _ _ 19 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obj _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 cub cub NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 strike strike VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 halter halter NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 cry cry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 “ " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 O of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 51 case _ _ 51 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 55 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ” " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | mare | | | | | with us | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | us | the wolf | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent wolf=Eventuality | | 3 | **change** | present · perfect | mare | mare | | | | into a she wolf *result*; the foal into a cub *obl* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent herself=Patient into wolf=Result | | 4 | **strike** | present | | the earth | | here | | with the halter | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent earth=Patient with halter=Instrument | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | me | | | of mare of the mountain witch | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to i=Initial\_Location of mare=Destination | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/135/) - next →: [sentence 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/137/) - ↑ back to [The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/)