--- title: The little hare saw that there was no use trying to hide it, so he a… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The little hare saw that there was no use trying to hide it, so he answered pertly, ‘It was I who drank the water, but I made them think it was the rabbit.’ Who acts: little hare, use, hare, 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 (little hare, use, hare, 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:pg5615:35:57 # text = The little hare saw that there was no use trying to hide it, so he answered pertly, ‘It was I who drank the water, but I made them think it was the rabbit.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 7 expl _ _ 7 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 10 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 18 pertly pertly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the little hare | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **be** | past | no use | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **try** | gerund | no use *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **hide** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | no use *not said here* | use | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | hare | | | | | pertly *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | use | | | | | drink *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **make** | past | I | words *= word* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | infinitive | words *= word* *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is a** | past | use | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/58/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/)