--- title: The Prince asked him if he were hungry, and when the wolf said he wa… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince asked him if he were hungry, and when the wolf said he was, he got down from his horse and said, ‘If you are really as you say and look, you may take my horse and eat it.’ Who acts: Prince, father, wolf, you. 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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 (Prince, father, wolf, you), 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:pg7277:52:11 # text = The Prince asked him if he were hungry, and when the wolf said he was, he got down from his horse and said, ‘If you are really as you say and look, you may take my horse and eat it.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 20 down down ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 27 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 If if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 31 really really ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Prince | | father | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | father | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the wolf | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **be** | past | father | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **get down** | past | father | | | | | from father's horse; down *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **look** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | may · present | you | | | | | take *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **eat** | infinitive | you *not said here* | wolf | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/12/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)