--- title: “Dear me! dear me!” replied the Hare; “this is indeed a sad story; b… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “Dear me! dear me!” replied the Hare; “this is indeed a sad story; but cheer up, Sister Sheep, you may leave it to me, and I think I can answer for it that I know how to manage the Wolf.” Who acts: Hare, this, you, story. 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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, this, you, story), 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:pg75000:11:24 # text = “Dear me! dear me!” replied the Hare; “this is indeed a sad story; but cheer up, Sister Sheep, you may leave it to me, and I think I can answer for it that I know how to manage the Wolf.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 5 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 9 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 16 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 cheer cheer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 23 up up ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 Sister Sister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 41 for for SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obl _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 46 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 48 advmod _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 ccomp _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the Hare | | | | | me *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | a sad story | | | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **cheer up** *in a quote* | present | | Sister Sheep | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **leave** *in a quote* | may | you | story | the Hare *= hare* | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to i=Recipient | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | the Hare *= hare* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | can | the Hare *= hare* | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **know** *in a quote* | present | story | that | | | | I *nsubj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **manage** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the Wolf | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/11/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/11/25/) - ↑ back to [The Sheep, the Lamb, the Wolf and the Hare.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/11/)