--- title: To do this he thought he had better offer to accompany the hare, whi… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: To do this he thought he had better offer to accompany the hare, which was exactly what the hare wished and expected, for he knew all the Tanuki’s cunning, and understood his little ways. Who acts: knave, better offer, 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 (knave, better offer, 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:pg5615:4:44 # text = To do this he thought he had better offer to accompany the hare, which was exactly what the hare wished and expected, for he knew all the Tanuki’s cunning, and understood his little ways. 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obj _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 8 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 accompany accompany VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 parataxis _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 21 wished wish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Tanuki Tanuki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’s 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 cunning cunning NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | to-infinitive | knave *not said here* | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | knave | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | knave | better offer | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **accompany** | to-infinitive | better offer *not said here* | the hare | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | past | the hare | | | | | exactly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **wish** | participle | | the hare *not said here* | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **expect** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **know** | past | knave | the Tanuki's cunning | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer cunning=Stimulus | | 9 | **understand** | past | knave *not said here* | knave's little ways | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/4/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/4/45/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/4/)