--- title: They loosened their moorings, and made for the middle of the stream,… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They loosened their moorings, and made for the middle of the stream, and when they were at some distance from the bank, the hare took his oar, and struck such a heavy blow at the other boat, that it broke in two. Who acts: boats, hare, oar. 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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, hare, oar), 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:pg5615:4:61 # text = They loosened their moorings, and made for the middle of the stream, and when they were at some distance from the bank, the hare took his oar, and struck such a heavy blow at the other boat, that it broke in two. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 loosened loosen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 moorings mooring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 21 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 oar oar NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 34 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 37 det:predet _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **loosen** | past | boats *= boat* | boats's moorings | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent mooring=Patient | | 2 | **make** | participle | boats *= boat* *not said here* | | | | | for the middle of the stream | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for middle=Asset | | 3 | **is** | past | boats *= boat* | | | the bank | | at some distance | tree rules | | 4 | **take** | past | the hare | hare's oar | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oar=Theme | | 5 | **strike** | past | | such heavy blow | | the other boat | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Patient | | 6 | **break** | past | oar | | | two | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in two=Location | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/4/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/4/62/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/4/)