--- title: It took him some time to haul the net through bushes and over fields… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It took him some time to haul the net through bushes and over fields, but at length he reached a pool in the river which he had often heard was swarming with fish, and here he set the net, as his grandmother had directed him. Who acts: It, Hare, pool. 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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 (It, Hare, pool), 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:pg3282:11:50 # text = It took him some time to haul the net through bushes and over fields, but at length he reached a pool in the river which he had often heard was swarming with fish, and here he set the net, as his grandmother had directed him. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 haul haul VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 through through ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 over over ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 often often ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl:relcl _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 swarming swarm VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 ccomp _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 directed direct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 parataxis _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | It | | Hare | | time | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 2 | **haul** | to-infinitive | | the net | | bushes and fields | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Theme | | 3 | **reach** | past | Hare | | | length | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hear** | past · perfect · passive | | the river | | | | often *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 5 | **swarm** | past · progressive | a pool in the river | | | | | with fish | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with fish=Theme | | 6 | **set** | past | Hare | the net | | here | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient net=Result | | 7 | **direct** | past · perfect · passive | | Hare's grandmother | | | | | tree rules | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/51/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/)