--- title: And so time went on, and the little Rabbit was very happy-so happy t… — The Velveteen Rabbit · tree and pragmatics description: And so time went on, and the little Rabbit was very happy-so happy that he never noticed how his beautiful velveteen fur was getting shabbier and shabbier, and his tail becoming unsewn, and all the pink rubbed off his nose where the Boy had kissed him. Who acts: Rabbit, beautiful velveteen fur, tail --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/69/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Velveteen Rabbit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/) / [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/) / 69 # The Velveteen Rabbit, Opening, sentence 69 And so time went on, and the little Rabbit was very happy-so happy that he never noticed how his beautiful velveteen fur was getting shabbier and shabbier, and his tail becoming unsewn, and all the pink rubbed off his nose where the Boy had kissed him. **Who acts:** Rabbit, beautiful velveteen fur, tail, pink · **What happens:** go on, be, not notice, get, become, rub off · **To what, where:** unsewn, nose · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Velveteen Rabbit» by Margery Williams Bianco, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rabbit, beautiful velveteen fur, tail, pink), 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:pg11757:1:69 # text = And so time went on, and the little Rabbit was very happy-so happy that he never noticed how his beautiful velveteen fur was getting shabbier and shabbier, and his tail becoming unsewn, and all the pink rubbed off his nose where the Boy had kissed him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 very very ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 21 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 23 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 24 velveteen velveteen NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 ccomp _ _ 28 shabbier shabby ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 27 xcomp _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 shabbier shabby ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 becoming become VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 conj _ _ 36 unsewn unsewn NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 pink pink NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 rubbed rub VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 43 off off ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 50 advmod _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 kissed kiss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past | | | | | time | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **notice** | past | Rabbit | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **get** | past · progressive | Rabbit's beautiful velveteen fur | | | | | shabby *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **become** | gerund | Rabbit's tail | unsewn | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **rub off** | participle | all pink | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **kiss** | past · perfect · passive | | Rabbit's nose | | | | | tree rules | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/70/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/)