--- title: “We must eat the smallest of us,” repeated the bear, stretching out… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “We must eat the smallest of us,” repeated the bear, stretching out a paw towards the hare; but the hare was not a hare for nothing, and before the paw had touched her, she had darted deep into the wood. Who acts: We, hare. 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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 (We, hare), 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:pg2435:24:39 # text = “We must eat the smallest of us,” repeated the bear, stretching out a paw towards the hare; but the hare was not a hare for nothing, and before the paw had touched her, she had darted deep into the wood. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 smallest small ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 11 repeated repeat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 stretching stretch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 paw paw NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 towards towards ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 before before ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 paw paw NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 touched touch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 parataxis _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 darted dart VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ _ 44 deep deep ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 45 into into ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | must | We | the smallest | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent small=Patient | | 2 | **repeat** | past | | the bear | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stretch out** | gerund | | a paw | | | | towards the hare | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent paw=Patient towards hare=Recipient | | 4 | **not** **is a** | past | the hare | a hare | | | | for nothing | tree rules | | 5 | **touch** | past · perfect | | hare | | | before the paw | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Co-Theme | | 6 | **dart** | past · perfect · passive | | hare | | the wood | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into wood=Trajectory | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/40/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/)