--- title: And once, when the Boy was called away suddenly to go out to tea, th… — The Velveteen Rabbit · tree and pragmatics description: And once, when the Boy was called away suddenly to go out to tea, the Rabbit was left out on the lawn until long after dusk, and Nana had to come and look for him with the candle because the Boy couldn't go to sleep unless he was there. Who acts: tea, Nana, Boy, Rabbit. A sentence of «The Velveteen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/72/) [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/) / 72 # The Velveteen Rabbit, Opening, sentence 72 And once, when the Boy was called away suddenly to go out to tea, the Rabbit was left out on the lawn until long after dusk, and Nana had to come and look for him with the candle because the Boy couldn't go to sleep unless he was there. **Who acts:** tea, Nana, Boy, Rabbit · **What happens:** call away, go out, leave out, have, come, look · **To what, where:** Boy, Rabbit, lawn 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 (tea, Nana, Boy, Rabbit), 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:pg11757:1:72 # text = And once, when the Boy was called away suddenly to go out to tea, the Rabbit was left out on the lawn until long after dusk, and Nana had to come and look for him with the candle because the Boy couldn't go to sleep unless he was there. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 13 out out ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ _ 21 out out ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 lawn lawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 until until ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 obl _ _ 27 after after ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 dusk dusk NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 Nana Nana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 candle candle NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 because because SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 45 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 46 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 53 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call away** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | the Boy | | | | away, once *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **go out** | to-infinitive | | | | | | to tea; out, suddenly *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **leave out** | past · passive | tea *not said here* | the Rabbit | | the lawn | dusk | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **have** | past | Nana | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | to-infinitive | Nana *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **look** | infinitive | Nana *not said here* | | | | | for Rabbit; with the candle | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for he=Theme | | 7 | **not** **go** | could | the Boy | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | the Boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Rabbit | | | | | there *property* | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/73/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/)