--- title: To make a long story short, the story-teller made his choice of a ha… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: To make a long story short, the story-teller made his choice of a hare; the old man threw the cord round him, struck him with the wand, and lo! a long-eared, frisking hare was skipping and jumping on the green. Who acts: story teller, old man, 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 (story teller, old man, hare), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7885:20:62 # text = To make a long story short, the story-teller made his choice of a hare; the old man threw the cord round him, struck him with the wand, and lo! a long-eared, frisking hare was skipping and jumping on the green. 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 teller teller NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 round round ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 lo lo INTJ UH _ 40 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ! ! PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 eared eared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 frisking frisk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 43 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 skipping skip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 ccomp _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 jumping jump VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 conj _ _ 48 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 green green NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | the story teller *not said here* | a long story | | | | short *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset story=Product | | 2 | **make** | past | the story teller | teller's choice of a hare | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset choice=Product | | 3 | **throw** | past | the old man | the cord | | | | round teller | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=Theme | | 4 | **strike** | past | the old man *not said here* | man | | | | with the wand | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with wand=Instrument | | 5 | **frisk** | gerund | the story teller *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **skip** | past · progressive | hare | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **jump** | gerund | hare *not said here* | | | the green | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on green=Trajectory | 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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/63/) - ↑ back to [The Story-teller At Fault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/)