--- title: The hare, who had been watching the whales as they sailed down the r… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The hare, who had been watching the whales as they sailed down the river, gave a violent start, and struggled to get away; but the boy held on tight, and ran back home, as fast as he could go. Who acts: hare, whales, boy. 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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 (hare, whales, boy), 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:pg3282:11:69 # text = The hare, who had been watching the whales as they sailed down the river, gave a violent start, and struggled to get away; but the boy held on tight, and ran back home, as fast as he could go. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 aux _ _ 7 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 13 down down ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 violent violent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 start start NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 struggled struggle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 away away ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 31 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 37 back back ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 home home ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 as as ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | past · perfect · progressive | the hare | the whales | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whale=Theme | | 2 | **sail down** | past | whales *= whale* | the river | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme river=Trajectory | | 3 | **give** | past | whales *= whale* *not said here* | a violent start | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent start=Theme | | 4 | **struggle** | past | whales *= whale* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **get away** | to-infinitive | whales *= whale* *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **hold** | participle | | the boy *not said here* | | tight | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tight=Location | | 7 | **run back** | past | the boy | | | | | fast, home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **go** | could | Hare | | | | | | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/70/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/)