--- title: So he swam about for some time in the tank, whilst the Hare, sitting… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: So he swam about for some time in the tank, whilst the Hare, sitting on the bank, threw stones at him and made nasty remarks; and finally, when quite wearied out, he sank to the bottom and was drowned. Who acts: Hare. 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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), 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:pg75000:10:29 # text = So he swam about for some time in the tank, whilst the Hare, sitting on the bank, threw stones at him and made nasty remarks; and finally, when quite wearied out, he sank to the bottom and was drowned. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tank tank NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 22 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 27 nasty nasty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 remarks remark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 finally finally ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 34 quite quite ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 wearied weary VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 36 out out ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 drowned drown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | past | Hare | | | | time | whilst the Hare; about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sit** | gerund | Hare *not said here* | | | the bank | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bank=Location | | 3 | **throw** | past | | stones | | | | at Hare | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme at he=Destination | | 4 | **make** | past | | nasty remarks | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset remark=Product | | 5 | **weary out** | participle | Hare *not said here* | | | | | finally *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **sink** | past | Hare | | | | | to the bottom | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **drown** | past · passive | Hare *not said here* | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP» | 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:** «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/10/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/10/30/) - ↑ back to [The Hare and the Lions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/10/)