--- title: He went back towards the tool-shed, but suddenly, quite close to him… — The Tale of Peter Rabbit · tree and pragmatics description: He went back towards the tool-shed, but suddenly, quite close to him, he heard the noise of a hoe--scr-r-ritch, scratch, scratch, scritch. Who acts: Peter, r ritch. 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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, r ritch), 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:pg14838:2:45 # text = He went back towards the tool-shed, but suddenly, quite close to him, he heard the noise of a hoe--scr-r-ritch, scratch, scratch, scritch. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 towards towards ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 tool tool NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 shed shed NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 quite quite ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 24 hoe hoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 scr scr NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 r r NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ritch ritch NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 scratch scratch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 scratch scratch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 scritch scritch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | past | Peter | | | | | towards the tool shed | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **hear** | past | Peter | the noise of a r ritch | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer noise=Stimulus | | 3 | **scratch** | infinitive | Peter *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **scratch** | infinitive | Peter *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **scritch** | infinitive | Peter *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **noise** | | a r ritch | | | | | | nom noise «event intransitive»: of=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 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14838/2/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14838/2/46/) - ↑ back to [Frederick Warne](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14838/2/)