--- title: They must have been very well made, for their seams didn't show at a… — The Velveteen Rabbit · tree and pragmatics description: They must have been very well made, for their seams didn't show at all, and they changed shape in a queer way when they moved; one minute they were long and thin and the next minute fat and bunchy, instead of always staying the same like he did. Who acts: seams, beings, one minute, Rabbit. A sentenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/93/) [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/) / 93 # The Velveteen Rabbit, Opening, sentence 93 They must have been very well made, for their seams didn't show at all, and they changed shape in a queer way when they moved; one minute they were long and thin and the next minute fat and bunchy, instead of always staying the same like he did. **Who acts:** seams, beings, one minute, Rabbit · **What happens:** make, not show, change, move, be, stay · **To what, where:** beings, all, shape, queer way, same 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 (seams, beings, one minute, 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:pg11757:1:93 # text = They must have been very well made, for their seams didn't show at all, and they changed shape in a queer way when they moved; one minute they were long and thin and the next minute fat and bunchy, instead of always staying the same like he did. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 seams seam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 12 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 13 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 21 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 queer queer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 40 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 bunchy bunchy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 48 mark _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 45 fixed _ _ 47 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 48 advmod _ _ 48 staying stay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 obj _ _ 51 like like SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | must · perfect · passive | | beings *= being* | | | | well *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **not** **show** | past · do-support | beings's seams | | | all | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **change** | past | beings *= being* | shape | | a queer way | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient | | 4 | **move** | past | beings *= being* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | one minute | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | one minute *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **stay** | gerund | one minute *not said here* | the same | | | | always *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme same=Location | | 8 | **do** | past | Rabbit | | | | | | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/94/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11757/1/)