--- title: After losing them, he ran on four legs and went faster, so that I th… — The Tale of Peter Rabbit · tree and pragmatics description: After losing them, he ran on four legs and went faster, so that I think he might have got away altogether if he had not unfortunately run into a gooseberry net, and got caught by the large buttons on his jacket. Who acts: Peter, I. 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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 (Peter, I), 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:pg14838:2:20 # text = After losing them, he ran on four legs and went faster, so that I think he might have got away altogether if he had not unfortunately run into a gooseberry net, and got caught by the large buttons on his jacket. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 losing lose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 17 mark _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 fixed _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux _ _ 21 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ _ 22 away away ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 28 unfortunately unfortunately ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 gooseberry gooseberry NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 buttons button NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 jacket jacket NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | gerund | Peter *not said here* | cabbages *= cabbage* | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 2 | **run** | past | Peter | | | four legs | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory | | 3 | **go** | past | Peter *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **get away** | might · perfect | Peter | | | | | altogether, away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **run** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Peter | | | a gooseberry net | | unfortunately *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into net=Destination | | 7 | **catch** | past · passive | Peter *not said here* | | | | | by the large buttons on Peter's jacket | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» | 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 Tale of Peter Rabbit» by Beatrix Potter, Project Gutenberg book 14838 (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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14838/2/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14838/2/21/) - ↑ back to [Frederick Warne](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14838/2/)