--- title: I was passing through the wood when you were out hunting, and I wish… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I was passing through the wood when you were out hunting, and I wished to find out if you were really good, as everybody said you were, so I took the shape of a little rabbit and came to your arms for shelter, for I know that those who are merciful to animals will be still kinder to their fellow-men --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/) / 10 # The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Darling, sentence 10 I was passing through the wood when you were out hunting, and I wished to find out if you were really good, as everybody said you were, so I took the shape of a little rabbit and came to your arms for shelter, for I know that those who are merciful to animals will be still kinder to their fellow-men. **Who acts:** I, you, everybody, those, animals · **What happens:** pass, hunt, wish, find out, be, say · **To what, where:** wood, shape, arms · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Darling. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you, everybody, those), 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:pg503:39:10 # text = I was passing through the wood when you were out hunting, and I wished to find out if you were really good, as everybody said you were, so I took the shape of a little rabbit and came to your arms for shelter, for I know that those who are merciful to animals will be still kinder to their fellow-men. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 out out ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 really really ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 27 nsubj _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 for for SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 parataxis _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 52 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 55 nsubj _ _ 53 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ _ 54 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 55 merciful merciful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 ccomp _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obl _ _ 58 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 59 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 61 cop _ _ 60 still still ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 kinder kind ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 57 acl:relcl _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 63 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 64 fellow fellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past · progressive | I | | | the wood | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through wood=Location | | 2 | **hunt** | past · progressive | you | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **wish** | past | I | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **find out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | everybody | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **be** | past | you | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **take** | past | I | the shape of a little rabbit | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme | | 9 | **come** | past | I *not said here* | | | your arms | | for shelter | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to arm=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **is** | present | those | | | | | to animals; merciful *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **is** | future | animals *not said here* | | | | still | to animals's fellow men; kind *property* | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/11/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)