--- title: And into his boot-button eyes, that had long ago lost their polish,… — The Velveteen Rabbit · tree and pragmatics description: And into his boot-button eyes, that had long ago lost their polish, there came a look of wisdom and beauty, so that even Nana noticed it next morning when she picked him up, and said, "I declare if that old Bunny hasn't got quite a knowing expression!" Who acts: button eyes, Nana, old Bunny. 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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 (button eyes, Nana, old Bunny), 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:pg11757:1:87 # text = And into his boot-button eyes, that had long ago lost their polish, there came a look of wisdom and beauty, so that even Nana noticed it next morning when she picked him up, and said, "I declare if that old Bunny hasn't got quite a knowing expression!" 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 4 boot boot NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 button button NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 12 ago ago ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 13 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 polish polish NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 18 expl _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 30 mark _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 fixed _ _ 28 even even ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 Nana Nana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 declare declare VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ _ 46 if if SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 47 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 nsubj _ _ 48 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 Bunny Bunny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 50 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 51 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 53 quite quite DET PDT PronType=Ind 56 det:predet _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 knowing know VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 56 amod _ _ 56 expression expression NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ! ! PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Boy's button eyes | | | | | ago *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **lose** | past | Boy's button eyes | eyes's polish | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent polish=Eventuality | | 3 | **come** | past | Boy's button eyes *not said here* | a look of wisdom and beauty | | there | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location look=Theme | | 4 | **notice** | past | Nana | look | | | morning | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 5 | **pick up** | past | Nana | Boy | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 6 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Boy's button eyes *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **declare** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | Boy's button eyes *= eye* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **not** **get** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · perfect | old Bunny | quite knowing expression | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer expression=Stimulus | | 9 | **know** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/88/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/)