--- title: “Well,” said the Wolf, “I am really very sorry for you; but the fact… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “Well,” said the Wolf, “I am really very sorry for you; but the fact is, I am hungry, and it will be necessary for me to eat you both on the spot.” Who acts: Wolf, fact. 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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, fact), 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:pg75000:11:6 # text = “Well,” said the Wolf, “I am really very sorry for you; but the fact is, I am hungry, and it will be necessary for me to eat you both on the spot.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 really really ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 expl _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 31 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 both both ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Wolf | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the Wolf *= wolf* | | | | | for you; sorry *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the fact | | | | | I *nsubj*; hungry *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | future | the Wolf *not said here* | | | | | necessary *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **eat** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Wolf *= wolf* | you | | the spot | | both *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/11/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/11/7/) - ↑ back to [The Sheep, the Lamb, the Wolf and the Hare.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/11/)