--- title: The hare pulled her hardest, and after a while they were joined by a… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The hare pulled her hardest, and after a while they were joined by a fox, and then by a wolf, and at length a bear was added to the company, and he was of more use than all the other five beasts put together. Who acts: hare, fox. 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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 (hare, fox), 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:pg2435:24:32 # text = The hare pulled her hardest, and after a while they were joined by a fox, and then by a wolf, and at length a bear was added to the company, and he was of more use than all the other five beasts put together. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 hardest hard ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 8 after after ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 joined join VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 amod _ _ 40 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 41 than than ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 42 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 46 det:predet _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 46 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 47 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl _ _ 48 together together ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | past | the hare | hare's hardest | | | | by a wolf | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hard=Theme | | 2 | **join** | past · passive | a fox | sorts *= sort* | | | while | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 3 | **add** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | a bear | | length | | to the company | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to company=Co-Patient | | 4 | **is** | past | fox | | | | | of more use; than all other five beasts | tree rules | | 5 | **put together** | participle | | all other five beasts *not said here* | | | | together *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: 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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/33/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/)