--- title: The Wolf was so frightened on hearing this that he turned tail and f… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The Wolf was so frightened on hearing this that he turned tail and fled away ignominiously; while the Sheep and the Lamb, after thanking the Hare heartily for his kind offices, continued their journey safely to their own home. Who acts: Wolf, offices. 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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, offices), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75000:11:39 # text = The Wolf was so frightened on hearing this that he turned tail and fled away ignominiously; while the Sheep and the Lamb, after thanking the Hare heartily for his kind offices, continued their journey safely to their own home. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 frightened frightened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 on on SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obj _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 12 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 15 away away ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 ignominiously ignominiously ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 while while SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 parataxis _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Lamb Lamb PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 after after SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 thanking thank VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 heartily heartily ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 offices office NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 safely safely ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Wolf | | | | | the Sheep and the Lamb *parataxis*; frightened *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | gerund | the Wolf *not said here* | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 3 | **turn** | past | Wolf | tail | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tail=Theme | | 4 | **flee away** | past | Wolf *not said here* | | | | | away, ignominiously *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **thank** *speech: thank* | gerund | the Wolf *not said here* | | the Hare | | | for Wolf's kind offices; heartily *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent hare=Theme for office=Attribute | | 6 | **continue** | past | | offices's journey | | | | to offices's own home; safely *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **journey** | | offices *= office* | | | | | | 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:** «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/11/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/11/40/) - ↑ back to [The Sheep, the Lamb, the Wolf and the Hare.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/11/)