--- title: The little hare, thinking he was all alone, came into the enclosure,… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The little hare, thinking he was all alone, came into the enclosure, and, wishing to feel what it was like to be a hare again, threw off Big Lion’s skin, and began to jump and dance, singing-- Who acts: little hare, hare, it. 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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, it), 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:pg5615:36:21 # text = The little hare, thinking he was all alone, came into the enclosure, and, wishing to feel what it was like to be a hare again, threw off Big Lion’s skin, and began to jump and dance, singing-- 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 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 thinking think VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 all all ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 alone alone ADV RB _ 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 enclosure enclosure NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 wishing wish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 obj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 ccomp _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 xcomp _ _ 29 again again ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 32 off off ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 Big Big PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’s 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the little hare *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | hare | | | | | all, alone *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | past | the little hare | | | the enclosure | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into enclosure=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **wish** | gerund | the little hare *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **feel** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the little hare *not said here* | | | | again | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | past | it | | | | | like *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | a hare | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **throw off** | past | | Big Lion's skin | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme | | 9 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **jump** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **dance** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. - 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