--- title: I am going to break it,’ answered the little hare; but of course he… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I am going to break it,’ answered the little hare; but of course he had done it on purpose, as he wanted to fix Big Lion’s tail so firmly to the hut that he would not be able to move. Who acts: I, hare. 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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 (I, hare), 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:pg5615:35:112 # text = I am going to break it,’ answered the little hare; but of course he had done it on purpose, as he wanted to fix Big Lion’s tail so firmly to the hut that he would not be able to move. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 9 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 19 advmod _ _ 16 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 fixed _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 fix fix VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 Big Big PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 30 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’s 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 43 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 acl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **break** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | branch | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | I *not said here* | | the little hare | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | past · perfect | hare | branch | | purpose | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 5 | **want** | past | hare | | | | | to the hut | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **fix** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | hare *not said here* | Big tail | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent tail=Patient | | 7 | **not** **is** | would | hare | the hut *not said here* | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **move** | to-infinitive | hare *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/113/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/)