--- title: The captain made believe that he would be very sorry to part with th… — Fifty Famous Stories Retold · tree and pragmatics description: The captain made believe that he would be very sorry to part with the cat; but at last he went down to the ship to get her, while the king and queen made haste to have another dinner made ready. Who acts: captain, king. 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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 (captain, king), 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:pg18442:52:16 # text = The captain made believe that he would be very sorry to part with the cat; but at last he went down to the ship to get her, while the king and queen made haste to have another dinner made ready. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 obl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 down down ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 while while SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 35 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 parataxis _ _ 36 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 xcomp _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 39 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 42 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the captain | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **believe** | infinitive | the captain *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | would | king | | | | | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go down** | past | king | | | last | | to the ship; down *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at last=Location | | 5 | **get** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | Whittington | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 6 | **make** | participle | the king and queen | haste | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **have** | to-infinitive | the king and queen *not said here* | another dinner | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient | | 8 | **make** | participle | | another dinner *not said here* | | | | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | 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:** «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin, Project Gutenberg book 18442 (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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/17/) - ↑ back to [IV. the Cat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/)