--- title: The king’s gamekeepers had caught a hundred live hares, which were t… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king’s gamekeepers had caught a hundred live hares, which were to be let loose in a large meadow, and there Jesper must herd them all day, and bring them safely home in the evening: if even one were missing, he must give up all thought of marrying the princess. 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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 (hundred, Jesper, one, thought), 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:pg641:24:95 # text = The king’s gamekeepers had caught a hundred live hares, which were to be let loose in a large meadow, and there Jesper must herd them all day, and bring them safely home in the evening: if even one were missing, he must give up all thought of marrying the princess. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 gamekeepers gamekeeper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nsubj _ _ 9 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 10 hares hare NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 let let VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 17 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 27 expl _ _ 25 Jesper Jesper PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 herd herd VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 30 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 safely safely ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 36 home home ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 even even ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nsubj _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 missing missing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 parataxis _ _ 50 up up ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 51 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 52 det _ _ 52 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 53 of of SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 54 marrying marry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 acl _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past · perfect · passive | | the king's gamekeepers | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | present | a hundred | hares | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme hare=Location | | 3 | **let** | past · passive | a hundred *not said here* | hares | | | | loose *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **herd** | must | Jesper | hares *= hare* | | there | day | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 5 | **bring** | infinitive | Jesper *not said here* | hares *= hare* | | | evening | home, safely *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | one | | | | | missing *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **give up** | must | Jesper | all thought | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Source | | 8 | **marry** | gerund | all thought *not said here* | the princess | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/24/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/24/96/) - ↑ back to [Jesper Who Herded the Hares](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/24/)