--- title: ‘“Take this meat and skin it and roast it,” he said to the hare; “bu… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘“Take this meat and skin it and roast it,” he said to the hare; “but my appetite is not so good as it was, and the only part I want for myself is the heart. Who acts: hare, appetite, only part. 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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, appetite, only part), 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:pg3454:6:53 # text = ‘“Take this meat and skin it and roast it,” he said to the hare; “but my appetite is not so good as it was, and the only part I want for myself is the heart. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 roast roast VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 appetite appetite NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obl _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** *in a quote* | imperative | the hare *= hare* *not said here* | this meat and skin | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **roast** *in a quote* | infinitive | the hare *= hare* *not said here* | skin | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | hare | | the hare | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to hare=Recipient | | 4 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | my appetite | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** *in a quote* | past | appetite | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **want** *in a quote* | present | the hare *= hare* | the only part *not said here* | | | | for the hare *= hare* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot part=Theme | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the only part | the heart | | | | | 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 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/6/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/6/54/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/6/)