--- title: ‘Now the hare, who knew quite well what would happen, had not gone t… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Now the hare, who knew quite well what would happen, had not gone to do her business, but hid herself in some bushes behind the cave, where she could hear quite clearly the sounds of the battle. Who acts: hare, donkey. 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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, donkey), 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:pg3454:6:22 # text = ‘Now the hare, who knew quite well what would happen, had not gone to do her business, but hid herself in some bushes behind the cave, where she could hear quite clearly the sounds of the battle. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 quite quite ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 nsubj _ _ 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 24 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 27 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 28 behind behind ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 35 advmod _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 36 quite quite ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 sounds sound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | the hare | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **go** | past · perfect | the hare | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | the hare *not said here* | donkey's business | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent business=Eventuality | | 5 | **hide** | past | the hare *not said here* | donkey | | some bushes | | behind the cave | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent herself=Patient in bush=Location | | 6 | **hear** | could | donkey | the sounds of the battle | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/6/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/6/23/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/6/)