--- title: Then they went on their way, but, finding no traces of the little ha… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then they went on their way, but, finding no traces of the little hare, they returned sadly to their village, saying, ‘To think we should have allowed ourselves to be swept away by a wretched creature like that!’ Who acts: hyaenas, wretched creature. 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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 (hyaenas, wretched creature), 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:pg5615:36:42 # text = Then they went on their way, but, finding no traces of the little hare, they returned sadly to their village, saying, ‘To think we should have allowed ourselves to be swept away by a wretched creature like that!’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 traces trace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 To to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 30 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux _ _ 33 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 ccomp _ _ 34 ourselves ourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 iobj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 swept sweep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ _ 38 away away ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 wretched wretched ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 43 like like ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | hyaenas *= hyaena* | | | hyaenas's way | then | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location | | 2 | **find** | gerund | hyaenas *= hyaena* *not said here* | no traces of the little hare | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trace=Topic | | 3 | **return** | past | hyaenas *= hyaena* | | | | | to hyaenas's village *result*; sadly *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to village=Result | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | hyaenas *= hyaena* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **allow** | should · perfect · passive | | we | ourselves | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal ourselves=Theme | | 7 | **sweep away** | to-infinitive · passive | a wretched creature | | | | | like that; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «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. - ← previous: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/43/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/)