--- title: An hour or two later, thinking that no one was near him, he said to… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: An hour or two later, thinking that no one was near him, he said to himself again, ‘It was really I who drank up the water, but I made them think it was the rabbit.’ Who acts: one, hare, stick, I. 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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 (one, hare, stick, I), 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:pg5615:35:53 # text = An hour or two later, thinking that no one was near him, he said to himself again, ‘It was really I who drank up the water, but I made them think it was the rabbit.’ 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 or or CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ 5 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 thinking think VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 ccomp _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 near near ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obl _ _ 19 again again ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 really really ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | no one | | | | | near hare | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | hare | | hare | | again | late *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **is a** | past | stick | I | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **drink up** | past | I | the water | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | | 6 | **make** | past | I | animals *= animal* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | infinitive | animals *= animal* *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** | past | stick | the rabbit | | | | | 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 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/54/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/)