--- title: But the hare comforted him, and told him that he always carried with… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the hare comforted him, and told him that he always carried with him an excellent plaster in case of need, which would bring him instant relief, and taking out his ointment he spread it on a leaf of bamboo, and laid it on the wound. Who acts: hare, need, ointment. 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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 (hare, need, ointment), 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:pg5615:4:53 # text = But the hare comforted him, and told him that he always carried with him an excellent plaster in case of need, which would bring him instant relief, and taking out his ointment he spread it on a leaf of bamboo, and laid it on the wound. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 comforted comfort VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 13 advmod _ _ 13 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 excellent excellent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 plaster plaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl:relcl _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 instant instant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 relief relief NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 ointment ointment NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 bamboo bamboo NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 wound wound NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **comfort** | past | the hare | noise | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the hare *not said here* | | hare | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **carry** | past | hare | a excellent plaster | | case of need | | with noise; always *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent plaster=Value in case=Location | | 4 | **bring** | would | need | instant relief | hare | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination relief=Theme | | 5 | **take out** | gerund | the hare *not said here* | | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **spread** | past | hare's ointment | relief | | a leaf of bamboo | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on leaf=Destination | | 7 | **lay** | past | the hare *not said here* | relief | | the wound | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on wound=Destination | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/4/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/4/54/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/4/)