--- title: Thus it became the turn of a wily old Hare to supply the royal table… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Thus it became the turn of a wily old Hare to supply the royal table, and as he walked slowly along to keep his appointment he said to himself, “If I have to die I will take my time, and will go to my death as leisurely as possible.” Who acts: beast, HARE, my. 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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 (beast, HARE, my), 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:pg65965:9:42 # text = Thus it became the turn of a wily old Hare to supply the royal table, and as he walked slowly along to keep his appointment he said to himself, “If I have to die I will take my time, and will go to my death as leisurely as possible.” 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 wily wily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 supply supply VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 along along ADP IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 appointment appointment NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 If if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 as as ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 leisurely leisurely ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 52 as as SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 53 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | beast | the turn of a wily old Hare | | | | thus *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **supply** | to-infinitive | beast *not said here* | the royal table | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Recipient | | 3 | **walk** | past | HARE | | | | | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **keep** | to-infinitive | HARE *not said here* | HARE's appointment | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appointment=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | HARE | HARE's appointment *not said here* | HARE | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | HARE | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **die** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | HARE *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **take** *in a quote* | future | HARE | | | | time | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **go** *in a quote* | future | | | | my death | | leisurely *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to death=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **die** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: 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 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/9/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/9/42/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/9/)