--- title: The wolf, the bear, and the wild boar arrived on the spot first, and… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The wolf, the bear, and the wild boar arrived on the spot first, and when they had waited some time for the fox, the dog, and the cat, the bear said, ‘I’ll climb up into the oak tree, and look if I can see them coming.’ Who acts: bear, wolf, I, cat. 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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 (bear, wolf, I, cat), 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:pg7277:53:34 # text = The wolf, the bear, and the wild boar arrived on the spot first, and when they had waited some time for the fox, the dog, and the cat, the bear said, ‘I’ll climb up into the oak tree, and look if I can see them coming.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 boar boar NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 11 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 waited wait VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 22 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 23 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 37 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 43 up up ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 51 if if SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 advcl _ _ 55 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 54 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | participle | | the wild boar *not said here* | | the spot | | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **wait** | past · perfect | bear | | | | time | for the fox and the dog | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the wolf and the bear and the wild boar | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **climb up** | future | I | | | the oak tree | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into tree=Destination | | 5 | **look** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | I | cat | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | gerund | cat *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/53/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/53/35/) - ↑ back to [The War of the Wolf and the Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/53/)