--- title: Now that day the Lion was very hungry, and he became very angry at b… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Now that day the Lion was very hungry, and he became very angry at being kept waiting for his meal, so when he saw the Hare walking along as though he had all day to spare he roared at him, “How dare you so delay your coming?” Who acts: day, HARE, your. 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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 (day, HARE, your), 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:pg65965:9:43 # text = Now that day the Lion was very hungry, and he became very angry at being kept waiting for his meal, so when he saw the Hare walking along as though he had all day to spare he roared at him, “How dare you so delay your coming?” 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ 15 at at SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 18 waiting wait VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 xcomp _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 walking walk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 xcomp _ _ 30 along along ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 as as ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 32 though though SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 35 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 det _ _ 36 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 spare spare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 roared roar VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 “ " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 46 dare dare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 parataxis _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 so so ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 delay delay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 parataxis _ _ 50 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ? ? PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | that day | | | | now | the Lion *nsubj*; hungry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **become** | past | HARE | | | | | angry *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **keep** | gerund · passive | HARE *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **wait** | gerund | HARE *not said here* | | | | | for HARE's meal | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | HARE | the Hare | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **walk** | gerund | the Hare *not said here* | | | | | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **have** | past | HARE | | | | day | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **spare** | to-infinitive | HARE *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **roar** | past | HARE | | | | | at petition | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Location | | 10 | **dare** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | you | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 11 | **delay** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **come** *in a quote* | gerund | your | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/9/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/9/43/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/9/)