--- title: Then she took a walk upon the roofs of the town, looked out for oppo… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then she took a walk upon the roofs of the town, looked out for opportunities, and then stretched herself in the sun, and licked her lips whenever she thought of the pot of fat, and not until it was evening did she return home. Who acts: cat, fat. 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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, fat), 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:pg2591:14:12 # text = Then she took a walk upon the roofs of the town, looked out for opportunities, and then stretched herself in the sun, and licked her lips whenever she thought of the pot of fat, and not until it was evening did she return home. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 roofs roof NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 opportunities opportunity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 20 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 licked lick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 32 advmod _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 41 until until ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl:unmarked _ _ 45 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 48 home home ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | cat | a walk | | | then | upon the roofs of the town | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent walk=Theme | | 2 | **look out** | past | cat *not said here* | | | | | for opportunities | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for opportunity=Theme | | 3 | **stretch** | past | cat *not said here* | cat | | | then | in the sun | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent herself=Patient in sun=Topic | | 4 | **lick** | past | cat *not said here* | cat's lips | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent lip=Source | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | cat | | | | | of the pot of fat; whenever *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **is** | past | fat | | | | until evening | | tree rules | | 7 | **return** | past · do-support | cat | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/14/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/14/13/) - ↑ back to [Cat and Mouse in Partnership](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/14/)