--- title: After a time the wolf, who had likewise fallen on the Prince’s neck,… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After a time the wolf, who had likewise fallen on the Prince’s neck, advised them to continue their journey, and once more the Prince and his lovely bride mounted on the faithful beast’s back. Who acts: wolf, princes. 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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, princes), 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:pg7277:52:97 # text = After a time the wolf, who had likewise fallen on the Prince’s neck, advised them to continue their journey, and once more the Prince and his lovely bride mounted on the faithful beast’s back. 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 acl:relcl _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’s 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 17 advised advise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 26 advmod _ _ 26 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 28 advmod _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 33 mounted mount VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 39 back back ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past · perfect | the wolf | | | the Prince's neck | | likewise *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on neck=Location | | 2 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | | princes *= prince* | | | time | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **continue** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | princes *= prince* *not said here* | princes's journey | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent journey=Theme | | 4 | **mount** | participle | | emperor's lovely bride *not said here* | | the faithful beast | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on beast=Destination | | 5 | **journey** | | princes *= prince* | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/98/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)