--- title: The poem: «But Binkie, he snores at my feet all night, And he is my… — Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself,… · tree and pragmatics description: The poem: «But Binkie, he snores at my feet all night, And he is my Firstest Friend!»; the child thinks the Pussy's love is «only pretend» because she goes out at night. Who acts: poem, love, Friend, Pussy. 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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 (poem, love, Friend, Pussy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:095-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself.lesson:28 # text = The poem: «But Binkie, he snores at my feet all night, And he is my Firstest Friend!»; the child thinks the Pussy's love is «only pretend» because she goes out at night. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 095-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): no change 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 poem poem NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 3 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 5 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 Binkie Binkie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 snores snore VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 And and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 Firstest first ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 amod _ _ 21 Friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 22 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 23 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Pussy pussy NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 « « PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 34 only only ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 pretend pretend ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 ccomp _ _ 36 » » PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 37 because because SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 40 out out PART RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **snore** *in a quote* | present | poem | | | my feet | night | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | poem | my Firstest Friend | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | present | the poem and my Firstest Friend | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the Pussy's love | | | | | pretend *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **go out** | present | Friend | | | | night | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **love** | | the Pussy | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. 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