--- title: He gave one leap and the joy of using those hind legs was so great t… — The Velveteen Rabbit · tree and pragmatics description: He gave one leap and the joy of using those hind legs was so great that he went springing about the turf on them, jumping sideways and whirling round as the others did, and he grew so excited that when at last he did stop to look for the Fairy she had gone. Who acts: Rabbit, joy, others, fairy. 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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 (Rabbit, joy, others, fairy), 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:pg11757:1:224 # text = He gave one leap and the joy of using those hind legs was so great that he went springing about the turf on them, jumping sideways and whirling round as the others did, and he grew so excited that when at last he did stop to look for the Fairy she had gone. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 leap leap NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 8 of of SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 10 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 11 hind hind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 19 springing spring VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 xcomp _ _ 20 about about ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 turf turf NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 jumping jump VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 27 sideways sideways ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 whirling whirl VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ _ 30 round round ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 excited excited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 advcl _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 52 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | Rabbit | one leap | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leap=Theme | | 2 | **use** | gerund | the joy *not said here* | that hind legs | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient | | 3 | **is** | past | the joy | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | past | Rabbit | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **spring** | gerund | Rabbit *not said here* | | | | | about the turf on legs | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about turf=Trajectory | | 6 | **jump** | gerund | Rabbit *not said here* | | | | | sideways *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **whirl** | gerund | Rabbit *not said here* | | | | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **do** | past | the others | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **grow** | past | Rabbit | | | | | excited *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **stop** | past · do-support | Rabbit | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 11 | **look** | to-infinitive | Rabbit *not said here* | | | | | for the Fairy | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for fairy=Theme | | 12 | **go** | past · perfect | fairy | the Fairy *not said here* | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fairy=Theme | 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 223](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/223/) - next →: [sentence 225](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/225/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/)