--- title: Scarce was he lain down, but he had what he wanted; a rash and fooli… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: Scarce was he lain down, but he had what he wanted; a rash and foolish young rabbit jumped into his bag, and Monsieur Puss, immediately drawing close the strings, took and killed him without pity. Who acts: Scarce, rash, Monsieur. 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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 (Scarce, rash, Monsieur), 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:pg29021:10:53 # text = Scarce was he lain down, but he had what he wanted; a rash and foolish young rabbit jumped into his bag, and Monsieur Puss, immediately drawing close the strings, took and killed him without pity. 1 Scarce Scarce PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 lain lie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 obj _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 rash rash NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 20 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 26 Monsieur Monsieur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 27 Puss Puss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 drawing draw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 nsubj _ _ 31 close close VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 without without ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie down** | past · passive | | Scarce | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | Scarce | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **want** | past | Scarce | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 4 | **jump** | past | a rash and foolish young rabbit | | | Scarce's bag | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into bag=Destination | | 5 | **draw** | gerund | | | | | | immediately *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **close** | infinitive | Monsieur | the strings | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient | | 7 | **take** | past | | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **kill** | past | | Monsieur | | | | without pity | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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 Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/10/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/10/54/) - ↑ back to [Her With a Sauce Robert'"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/10/)