--- title: Then the wolf reminded him that he had twice got him out of prison,… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the wolf reminded him that he had twice got him out of prison, and that if he would only trust in him, and do exactly as he told him, he would certainly succeed in this last undertaking. Who acts: wolf, emperor. 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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, emperor), 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:pg7277:52:57 # text = Then the wolf reminded him that he had twice got him out of prison, and that if he would only trust in him, and do exactly as he told him, he would certainly succeed in this last undertaking. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reminded remind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 10 advmod _ _ 10 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 out out ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 only only ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 trust trust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 28 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 succeed succeed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 40 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 undertaking undertaking NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remind** *speech: other* | past | the wolf | | emperor | | then | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **get** | past | emperor | creature | | prison | | twice *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 3 | **trust** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | emperor | | | | | in creature | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **do** | present | emperor *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | emperor | | creature | | | exactly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 6 | **succeed** | would | emperor | | | this last undertaking | | certainly *property* | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in undertaking=Eventuality | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/58/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)