--- title: It chanced one day that while the Lion was hunting for something to… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: It chanced one day that while the Lion was hunting for something to eat, he came across a Hare sleeping behind a boulder; and seizing the Hare in his great paws he was just about to devour him, when the Hare spoke as follows: Who acts: prey, Lion, 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 (prey, Lion, 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:pg75000:10:3 # text = It chanced one day that while the Lion was hunting for something to eat, he came across a Hare sleeping behind a boulder; and seizing the Hare in his great paws he was just about to devour him, when the Hare spoke as follows: 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 chanced chance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 dep _ _ 6 while while SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 obl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 across across ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 22 behind behind ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 boulder boulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 seizing seize VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 paws paw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 36 just just ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 about about ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 devour devour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl:relcl _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 47 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chance** | past | prey | | | | day | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hunt** | past · progressive | the Lion | | | | | for something | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for something=Theme | | 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | the Lion *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **come** | past | Lion | | | | | across a Hare | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme across hare=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **sleep** | gerund | Lion *not said here* | | | a boulder | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **seize** | gerund | prey *not said here* | the Hare | | Lion's great paws | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | Lion | | | | | Hare *obj*; about, devour *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the Hare | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **follow** | present | the Hare *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «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:** «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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/10/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/10/4/) - ↑ back to [The Hare and the Lions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/10/)