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title: The very first day she shut the kitchen door in the face of the tom-… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: The very first day she shut the kitchen door in the face of the tom-cats who used to enjoy watching Lizina at her work, and a young and mischievous cat who jumped in by the open kitchen window and alighted on the table got such a blow with the rolling-pin that he squalled for an hour. Who acts: Pepp
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# The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36, sentence 55

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The very first day she shut the kitchen door in the face of the tom-cats who used to enjoy watching Lizina at her work, and a young and mischievous cat who jumped in by the open kitchen window and alighted on the table got such a blow with the rolling-pin that he squalled for an hour.

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**Who acts:** Peppina, tom cats, young cat, face · **What happens:** shut, use, enjoy, watch, jump in, alight · **To what, where:** kitchen door, face, Lizina, work, table, blow

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This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Peppina, tom cats, young cat, face), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2435:36:55
# text = The very first day she shut the kitchen door in the face of the tom-cats who used to enjoy watching Lizina at her work, and a young and mischievous cat who jumped in by the open kitchen window and alighted on the table got such a blow with the rolling-pin that he squalled for an hour.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	shut	shut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	tom	tom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
18	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
19	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	_
22	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	21	xcomp	_	_
23	Lizina	Lizina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
24	at	at	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
30	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	mischievous	mischievous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	conj	_	_
33	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nsubj	_	_
34	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	35	nsubj	_	_
35	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	acl:relcl	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	RP	_	35	compound:prt	_	_
37	by	by	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
39	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
40	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	_
41	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	alighted	alight	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	conj	_	_
44	on	on	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
47	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
48	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	50	det:predet	_	_
49	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
51	with	with	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
53	rolling	rolling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	53	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	pin	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
56	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	58	obj	_	_
57	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
58	squalled	squall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	acl:relcl	_	_
59	for	for	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut** | past | Peppina | the kitchen door |  | the face of the tom cats | day |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient |
| 2 | **use** | past | the tom cats |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **enjoy** | to-infinitive | the tom cats *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **watch** | gerund | the tom cats *not said here* | Lizina |  | Peppina's work |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lizina=Theme |
| 5 | **jump in** | past | a young cat |  |  |  |  | by the open kitchen window | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by window=Trajectory |
| 6 | **alight** | participle | a young cat *not said here* |  |  | the table |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **get** | past | a young cat | such blow |  |  |  | with the rolling pin | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blow=Stimulus |
| 8 | **squall** *speech: other* | past | face | the rolling pin |  |  | hour |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic |
| 9 | **work** |  | Peppina |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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