--- title: With these and like words the wolf comforted the Prince, and warned… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: With these and like words the wolf comforted the Prince, and warned him specially not to touch the wall or let the horse touch it as he led it out, or he would fail in the same way as he had done with the bird. Who acts: wolf, horse. 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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 (wolf, horse), 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:pg7277:52:41 # text = With these and like words the wolf comforted the Prince, and warned him specially not to touch the wall or let the horse touch it as he led it out, or he would fail in the same way as he had done with the bird. 1 With with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 comforted comfort VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 warned warn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 specially specially ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 touch touch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 touch touch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 xcomp _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 out out ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **comfort** | past | the wolf | the Prince | | | | with words | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus prince=Experiencer | | 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | the wolf *not said here* | | horse | | | specially *property* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **touch** | to-infinitive | | the wall | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Co-Theme | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | | the horse | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **touch** | present | the horse *not said here* | bird | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | | 6 | **lead out** | past | horse | bird | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **fail** | would | horse | | | the same way | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in way=Eventuality | | 8 | **do** | past · perfect | horse | | | | | with the bird | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/42/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)