--- title: However, the king gave his consent; and in an hour and a half the ho… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: However, the king gave his consent; and in an hour and a half the horrible wolf was walking into the palace-yard, and Tom a step or two behind, with his club on his shoulder, just as a shepherd would be walking after a pet lamb. Who acts: king, horrible wolf, shepherd. 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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 (king, horrible wolf, shepherd), 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:pg7885:33:47 # text = However, the king gave his consent; and in an hour and a half the horrible wolf was walking into the palace-yard, and Tom a step or two behind, with his club on his shoulder, just as a shepherd would be walking after a pet lamb. 1 However however ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 12 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 acl:relcl _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 28 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 conj _ _ 33 behind behind ADV RB _ 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 club club NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 42 just just ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 46 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux _ _ 48 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 49 after after ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the king | King's consent | | | hour | however *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Theme | | 2 | **walk** | past · progressive | the horrible wolf | a half *not said here* | | | | into the palace yard; with King's club on King's shoulder | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent half=Theme into yard=Trajectory | | 3 | **walk** | would · progressive | a shepherd | | | | after a pet lamb | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **consent** | | King | | | | | | nom consent «communication 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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/48/) - ↑ back to [The Lad With the Goat-skin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/)