--- title: When he had finished his story, the wolf, who was in reality no wolf… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he had finished his story, the wolf, who was in reality no wolf but a mighty magician, said he thought he could tell him who the thief was, and could help him to secure him. Who acts: father, story, thief. 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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 (father, story, thief), 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:pg7277:52:16 # text = When he had finished his story, the wolf, who was in reality no wolf but a mighty magician, said he thought he could tell him who the thief was, and could help him to secure him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 ccomp _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 reality reality NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 15 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 16 det _ _ 16 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 27 ccomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 secure secure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | past · perfect | father | father's story and reality | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector story=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | past | father's story and reality | | | reality | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | father | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | could | father | | king | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 6 | **is a** | past | the thief | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **help** | could | father *not said here* | father | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 8 | **secure** | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | father | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition he=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 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/17/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)