--- title: Then the little hare went the round of the village, saying to every… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the little hare went the round of the village, saying to every hyaena he met, ‘Go and get into the boiling water,’ so that in a little while there was hardly a male left in the village. Who acts: little hare, hare, male. 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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, hare, male), 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:pg5615:36:19 # text = Then the little hare went the round of the village, saying to every hyaena he met, ‘Go and get into the boiling water,’ so that in a little while there was hardly a male left in the village. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 round round NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 15 hyaena hyaena NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 boiling boil VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 amod _ _ 26 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 29 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 33 mark _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 fixed _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ 34 while while SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 36 expl _ _ 36 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 37 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 male male NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 40 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the little hare | the round of the village | | a little | then | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location round=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the little hare *not said here* | | | | | to every hyaena | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to hyaena=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 3 | **meet** | past | hare | every hyaena *not said here* | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hyaena=Co-Agent | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **get** | infinitive | | | | the boiling water | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into water=Destination | | 6 | **boil** | gerund | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **be** | past | a male | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **leave** | participle | | a male *not said here* | | | | in the village *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in village=Result | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/20/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/)