--- title: She laughed at him for thinking that any fish would let itself be ca… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She laughed at him for thinking that any fish would let itself be caught by a hare, especially such a young one; but as she had the rheumatism very badly, and could get no food herself, she let him go. Who acts: thaw, fish, 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 (thaw, fish, 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:pg3282:11:44 # text = She laughed at him for thinking that any fish would let itself be caught by a hare, especially such a young one; but as she had the rheumatism very badly, and could get no food herself, she let him go. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 for for SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 12 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 xcomp _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 especially especially ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 20 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 23 det:predet _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 rheumatism rheumatism NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 very very ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 38 det _ _ 38 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | thaw | | | | | at Hare | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | thaw *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **let** | would | any fish | fish | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **catch** | infinitive · passive | a hare | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** | past | thaw | the rheumatism | | | | badly *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rheumatism=Patient | | 6 | **get** | could | | no food | | | | thaw *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | thaw | Hare | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go** | infinitive | Hare *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/45/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/)