--- title: The little hare bounded with terror at the noise, for he thought Big… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The little hare bounded with terror at the noise, for he thought Big Lion must have come to life again; but on discovering what had happened he set about cleaning the skin, and propped the mouth open with sticks so that he could get through. Who acts: little hare, Big Lion, Lion. 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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, Big Lion, Lion), 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:pg5615:36:12 # text = The little hare bounded with terror at the noise, for he thought Big Lion must have come to life again; but on discovering what had happened he set about cleaning the skin, and propped the mouth open with sticks so that he could get through. 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 13 nsubj _ _ 4 bounded bound VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 Big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 Lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux _ _ 18 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 21 again again ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 on on SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 discovering discover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 26 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 xcomp _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 31 about about SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 cleaning clean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 propped prop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 43 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 47 mark _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 fixed _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 48 through through ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bound** | participle | | the little hare *not said here* | | the noise | | with terror | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at noise=Trajectory | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the little hare | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **come** | must · perfect | Big Lion | | | life | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to life=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **discover** | gerund | the little hare *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **set** | past | Lion | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **clean** | gerund | Lion *not said here* | the skin | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent skin=Patient | | 8 | **prop** | past | the little hare *not said here* | the mouth | | | | open *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme | | 9 | **get through** | could | Lion | | | | | through *property* | vn cope-83-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/13/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/)