--- title: A certain cat had made the acquaintance of a mouse, and had said so… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: A certain cat had made the acquaintance of a mouse, and had said so much to her about the great love and friendship she felt for her, that at length the mouse agreed that they should live and keep house together. Who acts: cat, mouse, love. 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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 (cat, mouse, love), 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:pg2591:14:1 # text = A certain cat had made the acquaintance of a mouse, and had said so much to her about the great love and friendship she felt for her, that at length the mouse agreed that they should live and keep house together. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 acquaintance acquaintance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ _ 19 about about ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 42 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 43 together together ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | a certain cat | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary acquaintance=Product | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | | much | cat | | | about the great love and friendship and that length | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent much=Topic to she=Recipient | | 3 | **feel** | past | cat | friendship *not said here* | | | | for mouse | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent friendship=Location for she=Theme | | 4 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | the mouse | that length *not said here* | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent that S»: agent=Agent length=Co-Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **live** *not said to happen* | should | love | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **keep** | infinitive | love *not said here* | house | | | | together *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 7 | **acquaint** | | | a mouse | | | | | nom acquaintance «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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: [The Frog-prince, 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/42/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/14/2/) - ↑ back to [Cat and Mouse in Partnership](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/14/)