--- title: “I am sharpening a knife to kill you with,” replied the Sheep, but s… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “I am sharpening a knife to kill you with,” replied the Sheep, but she was so nervous that the Wolf at once noticed the terrified sound of her voice and began to suspect that he had been made a fool of. Who acts: Sheep, distance, Wolf. 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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 (Sheep, distance, Wolf), 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:pg75000:12:25 # text = “I am sharpening a knife to kill you with,” replied the Sheep, but she was so nervous that the Wolf at once noticed the terrified sound of her voice and began to suspect that he had been made a fool of. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 sharpening sharpen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 13 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 nervous nervous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 advcl _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 27 obl _ _ 27 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 terrified terrified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 suspect suspect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 ccomp _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 xcomp _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sharpen** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the Sheep *= sheep* | a knife | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent knife=Patient | | 2 | **kill** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Sheep *= sheep* *not said here* | you | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the Sheep | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** | past | distance | | | | | nervous *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **notice** | past | the Wolf | the terrified sound of distance's voice | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | | 6 | **begin** | past | the Wolf *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **suspect** | to-infinitive | the Wolf *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | Wolf | | | | a fool *xcomp* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/12/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/12/26/) - ↑ back to [The Story of How the Hare Made a Fool of the Wolf.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/12/)