--- title: The rabbit did as he was told, and threw the little hare into the fi… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The rabbit did as he was told, and threw the little hare into the fire; but no sooner did the little hare begin to feel the heat of the flames than he took some green bay leaves he had plucked for the purpose and held them in the middle of the fire, where they crackled and made a great noise. 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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 (rabbit, green bay, flames), 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:pg5615:35:72 # text = The rabbit did as he was told, and threw the little hare into the fire; but no sooner did the little hare begin to feel the heat of the flames than he took some green bay leaves he had plucked for the purpose and held them in the middle of the fire, where they crackled and made a great noise. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 no no ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 21 advmod _ _ 21 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 begin begin VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 33 than than SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 36 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 37 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 bay bay NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 leaves leave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 plucked pluck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 ccomp _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 58 advmod _ _ 57 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 crackled crackle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | rabbit | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **throw** | past | | the little hare | | | | into the fire *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer hare=Theme into fire=Result | | 3 | **begin** | past · do-support | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **feel** | to-infinitive | | the heat of the flames | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme | | 5 | **take** | past | rabbit | | | | | | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 6 | **leave** | present | some green bay | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **pluck** | past · perfect | rabbit | | | | | for the purpose | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for purpose=Beneficiary | | 8 | **hold** | past | rabbit *not said here* | flames *= flame* | | the middle of the fire | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme in middle=Location | | 9 | **crackle** | past | flames *= flame* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **make** | past | flames *= flame* *not said here* | a great noise | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product | | 11 | **heat** | | the flames | | | | | | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/73/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/)