--- title: At length, one evening, the little hare, looking round for something… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At length, one evening, the little hare, looking round for something to amuse him, noticed a great pot full of boiling water, so he strolled up to one of the hyaenas and said, ‘Go and get in.’ Who acts: hare. 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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 (hare), 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:pg5615:36:17 # text = At length, one evening, the little hare, looking round for something to amuse him, noticed a great pot full of boiling water, so he strolled up to one of the hyaenas and said, ‘Go and get in.’ 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 12 round round ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 11 obl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 amuse amuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 19 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 boiling boil VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 amod _ _ 26 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 strolled stroll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 hyaenas hyaena NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 44 in in ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look round** | gerund | | | | | | for something; round *property* | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for something=Theme | | 2 | **amuse** | to-infinitive | | hare | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 3 | **notice** | past | | a great pot | | length and the little hare | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer pot=Stimulus | | 4 | **boil** | gerund | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **stroll up** | past | hare | | one of the hyaenas | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to one=Destination | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **get in** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/18/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/)