--- title: They both looked exactly alike, and the Tanuki only saw that one was… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They both looked exactly alike, and the Tanuki only saw that one was bigger than the other, and would hold more fish, so he sprang into the large one, while the hare climbed into the one which was made of wood. Who acts: boats, Tanuki, one, 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 (boats, Tanuki, one, 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:pg5615:4:60 # text = They both looked exactly alike, and the Tanuki only saw that one was bigger than the other, and would hold more fish, so he sprang into the large one, while the hare climbed into the one which was made of wood. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 both both ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 alike alike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Tanuki Tanuki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 only only ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 xcomp _ _ 16 than than ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 23 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 24 amod _ _ 24 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 while while SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | boats *= boat* | | | | | alike, both *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | past | the Tanuki | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | one | | | | | than the other; big *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **hold** | would | the Tanuki *not said here* | more fish | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme | | 5 | **spring** | past | hare | | | | | into the large one | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into one=Destination | | 6 | **climb** | past | the hare | | | | | into the one | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into one=Destination | | 7 | **make** | past · passive | | the one | | | | of wood | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/4/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/4/61/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/4/)