--- title: Now the lion had been very ill, and was not strong enough to go hunt… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the lion had been very ill, and was not strong enough to go hunting for himself, and when the hare came and told him that a very fat donkey was to be found only a few hundred yards off, tears of disappointment and weakness filled his eyes. Who acts: lion, hare, tears. 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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 (lion, hare, tears), 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:pg3454:5:103 # text = Now the lion had been very ill, and was not strong enough to go hunting for himself, and when the hare came and told him that a very fat donkey was to be found only a few hundred yards off, tears of disappointment and weakness filled his eyes. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 cop _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 13 enough enough ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 16 hunting hunt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 xcomp _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 when when SCONJ WRB _ 24 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 very very ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 ccomp _ _ 37 only only ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 40 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 yards yard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 42 off off ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 disappointment disappointment NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 weakness weakness NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 49 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · perfect | the lion | | | | now | ill *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | the lion *not said here* | | | | | enough, strong *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | the lion *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **hunt** | gerund | the lion *not said here* | | | | | for friend | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for himself=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | the hare | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the hare *not said here* | | hare | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **find** *not said to happen* | past · passive | | a fat donkey | | | | off *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 8 | **fill** | past | tears of disappointment and weakness | hare's eyes | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eye=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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/104/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/)