--- title: Thanking the Hare, he rushed through it, and ran toward his own hous… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Thanking the Hare, he rushed through it, and ran toward his own house, arriving in time to take from his wife’s hand the taper with which she was about to light the red and yellow lanterns which swung over the door. Who acts: Hare, spark, red lanterns. 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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, spark, red lanterns), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:23:69 # text = Thanking the Hare, he rushed through it, and ran toward his own house, arriving in time to take from his wife’s hand the taper with which she was about to light the red and yellow lanterns which swung over the door. 1 Thanking thank VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 advcl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 through through ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 toward toward ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 arriving arrive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 taper taper NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obl _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 light light VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 37 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ _ 40 lanterns lantern NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 swung swing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 over over ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | gerund | Hare *not said here* | | the Hare | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=Theme | | 2 | **rush** | past | Hare | | | bottle | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through it=Trajectory | | 3 | **run** | past | Hare *not said here* | | | Hare's own house | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward house=Trajectory | | 4 | **arrive** | gerund | Hare *not said here* | | | | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **take** | to-infinitive | Hare *not said here* | the taper | | Hare's wife's hand | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent taper=Theme from hand=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **is** | past | spark | | | | | with the taper; about *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **light** | to-infinitive | spark *not said here* | the red lanterns | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lantern=Product | | 8 | **swing** | past | the red lanterns | | | the door | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme over door=Trajectory | 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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/23/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/23/70/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/23/)