--- title: Well, the little pig bustled up the next morning at four o'clock, an… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Well, the little pig bustled up the next morning at four o'clock, and went off for the apples, hoping to get back before the wolf came; but he had further to go, and had to climb the tree, so that just as he was coming down from it, he saw the wolf coming, which, as you may suppose, frightened him v --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/17/44/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/) / [The Story of the Three Little Pigs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/17/) / 44 # English Fairy Tales, The Story of the Three Little Pigs, sentence 44 Well, the little pig bustled up the next morning at four o'clock, and went off for the apples, hoping to get back before the wolf came; but he had further to go, and had to climb the tree, so that just as he was coming down from it, he saw the wolf coming, which, as you may suppose, frightened him very much. **Who acts:** little pig, wolf, you · **What happens:** bustle up, go off, hope, get back, come, have · **To what, where:** four o'clock, tree, o'clock, wolf · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Story of the Three Little Pigs. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little pig, wolf, you), 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:pg7439:17:44 # text = Well, the little pig bustled up the next morning at four o'clock, and went off for the apples, hoping to get back before the wolf came; but he had further to go, and had to climb the tree, so that just as he was coming down from it, he saw the wolf coming, which, as you may suppose, frightened him very much. 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 bustled bustle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 off off ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 back back ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 before before SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 34 further further ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 45 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 51 mark _ _ 46 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 fixed _ _ 47 just just ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 conj _ _ 52 down down ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 53 from from ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 60 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 57 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 62 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 60 advcl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 64 as as SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 65 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 suppose suppose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 69 frightened frighten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 ccomp _ _ 70 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 obj _ _ 71 very very ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 72 much much ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bustle up** | past | the little pig | | | four o'clock | morning | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at o'clock=Trajectory | | 2 | **go off** | past | the little pig *not said here* | | | | | for the apples | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hope** | gerund | the little pig *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **get back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the little pig *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **come** | past | the wolf | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **have** | past | wolf | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | wolf *not said here* | | | | | further *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **have** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **climb** | to-infinitive | | the tree | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme | | 10 | **come down** | past · progressive | wolf | | | o'clock | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from it=Initial\_Location | | 11 | **see** | past | wolf | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 12 | **come** | gerund | the wolf | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **suppose** | may | you | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 14 | **frighten** | past | | wolf | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/17/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/17/45/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Three Little Pigs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/17/)