--- title: And the rabbit hastened back to the bushes, and gathered a quantity… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And the rabbit hastened back to the bushes, and gathered a quantity of the leaves, which he hid among his fur, 'For,' thought he, 'if I get them now I shall save myself the trouble of a walk by-and-by.' Who acts: rabbit, leaves, I. 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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 (rabbit, leaves, I), 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:pg3027:3:102 # text = And the rabbit hastened back to the bushes, and gathered a quantity of the leaves, which he hid among his fur, 'For,' thought he, 'if I get them now I shall save myself the trouble of a walk by-and-by.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 4 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 quantity quantity NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 among among 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 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 25 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 For for ADP IN _ 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ _ 29 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 41 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 by by ADP IN _ 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 by by ADP IN _ 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hasten back** | participle | | the rabbit *not said here* | | the bushes | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bush=Destination | | 2 | **gather** | past | the rabbit | a quantity of the leaves | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quantity=Theme | | 3 | **hide** | past | the leaves | | | Rabbit's fur | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among fur=Location | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the rabbit *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | leaves *= leaf* | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 6 | **save** | shall | Rabbit | myself | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent myself=Beneficiary trouble=Theme | | 7 | **trouble** | | | a walk | | | | | nom trouble «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/103/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/)