--- title: When it was burning brightly the little hare said to the rabbit, ‘Ra… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When it was burning brightly the little hare said to the rabbit, ‘Rabbit, my friend, throw me into the fire, and when you hear my fur crackling, and I call “Itchi, Itchi,” then be quick and pull me out.’ Who acts: hole, you, fur, 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 (hole, you, fur, 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:pg5615:35:71 # text = When it was burning brightly the little hare said to the rabbit, ‘Rabbit, my friend, throw me into the fire, and when you hear my fur crackling, and I call “Itchi, Itchi,” then be quick and pull me out.’ 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 burning burn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 5 brightly brightly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 20 throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 27 when when SCONJ WRB _ 29 mark _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 crackling crackle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 37 “ " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Itchi Itchi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 Itchi Itchi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ 43 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 45 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 parataxis _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 out out ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | past · progressive | hole | the little hare | | | | brightly *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hare=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle | | the little hare *not said here* | the rabbit and Rabbit and my friend | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to rabbit=Recipient | | 3 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | me | | | | into the fire *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer i=Theme into fire=Result | | 4 | **hear** | present | you | my fur | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **crackle** | gerund | my fur *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **call** | present | I | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | then | quick *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **pull out** | infinitive | | me | | | | | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/72/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/)