--- title: On the way the wolf turned to the Prince and said, ‘Dear friends, I… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: On the way the wolf turned to the Prince and said, ‘Dear friends, I must now bid you farewell, but I leave you under such happy circumstances that I cannot feel our parting to be a sad one.’ Who acts: wolf, I, our. 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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, I, our), 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:pg7277:52:87 # text = On the way the wolf turned to the Prince and said, ‘Dear friends, I must now bid you farewell, but I leave you under such happy circumstances that I cannot feel our parting to be a sad one.’ 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 20 bid bid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 farewell farewell ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 under under ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 circumstances circumstance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl:relcl _ _ 37 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 parting parting NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | the wolf | the way *not said here* | | | | to the Prince *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent way=Theme to prince=Result | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the wolf *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bid** | must | I | you | | the way | now | farewell *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **leave** | present | I | you | | such happy circumstances | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent you=Theme under circumstance=Location | | 5 | **not** **feel** | can | I | such happy circumstances | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme parting=Eventuality | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a sad one | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **part** | | our | | | | | | nom parting «act intransitive»: poss=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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/88/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)