--- title: 'Now my dears,' said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, 'you may go into t… — The Tale of Peter Rabbit · tree and pragmatics description: 'Now my dears,' said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, 'you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.' Who acts: dears, you, Father, Mrs.. 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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 (dears, you, Father, Mrs.), 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:pg14838:2:7 # text = 'Now my dears,' said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, 'you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 dears dear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 Mrs. Mrs. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 Rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 down down ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 lane lane NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 do do AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 28 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod:desc _ _ 32 McGregor McGregor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 's 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 39 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 pie pie NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 by by ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Mrs. Mrs. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 51 McGregor McGregor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my dears | old Mrs. Rabbit | | | now; morning | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | may | you | | | the fields or the lane | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into field=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **not** **go** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | | | McGregor Mr.'s garden | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into garden=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **have** | past | your Father | a accident | | there | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accident=Patient | | 5 | **put** | past · passive | Mrs. | Father | | a pie | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in pie=Destination | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14838/2/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14838/2/8/) - ↑ back to [Frederick Warne](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14838/2/)