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title: When they were wandering in this manner through the forest the hare… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: When they were wandering in this manner through the forest the hare carelessly raised his hatchet in passing, and cut down some thick boughs that were hanging over the path, but at length, after cutting down a good big tree, which cost him many hard blows, he declared that it was too heavy for him t
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# The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 4, sentence 46

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When they were wandering in this manner through the forest the hare carelessly raised his hatchet in passing, and cut down some thick boughs that were hanging over the path, but at length, after cutting down a good big tree, which cost him many hard blows, he declared that it was too heavy for him to carry home, and he must just leave it where it was.

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**Who acts:** ways, hare, thick boughs, good big tree, tree · **What happens:** wonder, raise, cut down, hang, cost, declare · **To what, where:** manner, hatchet, passing, thick boughs, path, good big tree

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This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ways, hare, thick boughs, good big tree), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg5615:4:46
# text = When they were wandering in this manner through the forest the hare carelessly raised his hatchet in passing, and cut down some thick boughs that were hanging over the path, but at length, after cutting down a good big tree, which cost him many hard blows, he declared that it was too heavy for him to carry home, and he must just leave it where it was.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	carelessly	carelessly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	raised	raise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	passing	passing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
22	down	down	ADP	RP	_	21	compound:prt	_	_
23	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	25	det	_	_
24	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	boughs	bough	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	_
26	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	28	nsubj	_	_
27	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
28	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	25	acl:relcl	_	_
29	over	over	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
33	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
34	at	at	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	38	mark	_	_
38	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	35	conj	_	_
39	down	down	ADP	RP	_	38	compound:prt	_	_
40	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
41	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
42	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
45	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	46	nsubj	_	_
46	cost	cost	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	acl:relcl	_	_
47	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	iobj	_	_
48	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
49	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	blows	blow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
52	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
53	declared	declare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	parataxis	_	_
54	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	58	mark	_	_
55	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
56	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	cop	_	_
57	too	too	ADV	RB	_	58	advmod	_	_
58	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	advcl	_	_
59	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	62	mark	_	_
60	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	62	nsubj	_	_
61	to	to	PART	TO	_	62	mark	_	_
62	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	advcl	_	_
63	home	home	ADV	RB	_	62	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
66	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	nsubj	_	_
67	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	69	aux	_	_
68	just	just	ADV	RB	_	69	advmod	_	_
69	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	conj	_	_
70	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	obj	_	_
71	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	69	advcl	_	_
72	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	71	nsubj	_	_
73	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	71	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past · progressive | ways *= way* |  |  | this manner |  | through the forest | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **raise** | past | the hare | hare's hatchet |  | passing |  | carelessly *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hatchet=Theme in passing=Destination |
| 3 | **cut down** | participle |  | some thick boughs |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bough=Product |
| 4 | **hang** | past · progressive | some thick boughs |  |  | the path |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over path=Location |
| 5 | **cut down** | gerund | hare *not said here* | a good big tree |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tree=Product |
| 6 | **cost** | past | a good big tree | many hard blows | hare |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme he=Beneficiary blow=Value |
| 7 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | hare |  |  | length |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **is** | past | tree |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **carry** | to-infinitive | hare |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **leave** | must | hare | tree |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 11 | **is** | past | tree |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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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