--- title: From this time forth no one invited the cat to be godmother, but whe… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: From this time forth no one invited the cat to be godmother, but when the winter had come and there was no longer anything to be found outside, the mouse thought of their provision, and said: ‘Come, cat, we will go to our pot of fat which we have stored up for ourselves--we shall enjoy that.’ Who ac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/14/43/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [Cat and Mouse in Partnership](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/14/) / 43 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, Cat and Mouse in Partnership, sentence 43 From this time forth no one invited the cat to be godmother, but when the winter had come and there was no longer anything to be found outside, the mouse thought of their provision, and said: ‘Come, cat, we will go to our pot of fat which we have stored up for ourselves--we shall enjoy that.’ **Who acts:** one, winter, mouse, we, others · **What happens:** invite, be, come, find, think, say · **To what, where:** cat, godmother, pot, that · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Cat and Mouse in Partnership. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, winter, mouse, we), 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:pg2591:14:43 # text = From this time forth no one invited the cat to be godmother, but when the winter had come and there was no longer anything to be found outside, the mouse thought of their provision, and said: ‘Come, cat, we will go to our pot of fat which we have stored up for ourselves--we shall enjoy that.’ 1 From from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 forth forth ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 invited invite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 12 godmother godmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 22 expl _ _ 22 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 23 no no ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 22 advmod _ _ 25 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 29 outside outside ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 provision provision NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 54 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 56 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 stored store VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 acl:relcl _ _ 58 up up ADP RP _ 57 compound:prt _ _ 59 for for ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 ourselves ourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 -- -- PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 63 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 65 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ’ ' PUNCT NFP _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **invite** | past | no one | | the cat | | time | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | godmother | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | past · perfect | the winter | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **be** | past | the winter *not said here* | | | there | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **find** | to-infinitive · passive | the winter *not said here* | | | | | outside *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF» | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the mouse | | | | | of others's provision | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | no one *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **come** | infinitive | | cat | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **go** | future | we | | | our pot of fat | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to pot=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **store up** | present · perfect · passive | | our pot of fat | | | | for ourselves | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 11 | **enjoy** | shall | we | that | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 12 | **provide** | | others *= other* | | | | | | nom provision «communication intransitive»: 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. **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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/14/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/14/44/) - ↑ back to [Cat and Mouse in Partnership](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/14/)