--- title: Again and again he had crept to the hut, and finding some choice mor… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Again and again he had crept to the hut, and finding some choice morsel put away for the little hare, had either eaten it if he thought it nice, or trampled it to pieces so that no one else should get it, and at last the peasant lost patience, and made up his mind he would have the Tanuki’s blood. 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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 (friendship, one, last, peasant), 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:pg5615:4:7 # text = Again and again he had crept to the hut, and finding some choice morsel put away for the little hare, had either eaten it if he thought it nice, or trampled it to pieces so that no one else should get it, and at last the peasant lost patience, and made up his mind he would have the Tanuki’s blood. 1 Again again ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 again again ADV RB _ 1 conj _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 crept creep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 13 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 15 det _ _ 14 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 morsel morsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 25 advmod _ _ 25 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 trampled trample VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 44 mark _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 fixed _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 42 else else ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 48 at at ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 nsubj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 52 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 53 patience patience NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 57 up up ADP RP _ 56 compound:prt _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 parataxis _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 Tanuki Tanuki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ’s 's PART POS _ 64 case _ _ 66 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **creep** | past · perfect | friendship | | | the hut | again | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to hut=Destination | | 2 | **find** | gerund | friendship *not said here* | some choice morsel | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent morsel=Topic | | 3 | **put away** | participle | | some choice morsel *not said here* | | | | for the little hare; away *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **eat** | past · perfect | friendship *not said here* | morsel | | | | either *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | friendship | morsel | | | | nice *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 6 | **trample** | past | friendship *not said here* | morsel | | | | to pieces | tree rules | | 7 | **get** | should | no one | morsel | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 8 | **lose** | past | last | patience | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patience=Eventuality | | 9 | **make up** | participle | | friendship's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 10 | **have** | would | peasant | the Tanuki's blood | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Patient | | 11 | **mind** | | friendship | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/4/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/4/8/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/4/)