--- title: But all the while he was longing to dance, for a funny new tickly fe… — The Velveteen Rabbit · tree and pragmatics description: But all the while he was longing to dance, for a funny new tickly feeling ran through him, and he felt he would give anything in the world to be able to jump about like these rabbits did. Who acts: while, funny new tickly feeling, Rabbit, rabbits. 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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 (while, funny new tickly feeling, Rabbit, rabbits), 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:pg11757:1:125 # text = But all the while he was longing to dance, for a funny new tickly feeling ran through him, and he felt he would give anything in the world to be able to jump about like these rabbits did. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 longing long VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 13 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 14 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 tickly tickly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 feeling feeling NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 through through ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 27 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 33 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 advcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 about about ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 like like SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 rabbits rabbit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **long** | past · progressive | all while | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **dance** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | all while *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **run** | past | a funny new tickly feeling | | | | | through Rabbit | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through he=Trajectory | | 4 | **feel** | past | Rabbit | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **give** | would | Rabbit | anything | | the world | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme | | 6 | **is** | to-infinitive | Rabbit *not said here* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **jump about** | to-infinitive | Rabbit *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **do** | past | this rabbits | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «The Velveteen Rabbit» by Margery Williams Bianco, Project Gutenberg book 11757 (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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/126/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/)