--- title: The tom cat, whom the mistress called, "My little son," was a great… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The tom cat, whom the mistress called, "My little son," was a great favorite; he could raise his back, and purr, and could even throw out sparks from his fur if it were stroked the wrong way. Who acts: tom cat, cat. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Ugly D --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/201/90/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Ugly Duckling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/201/) / 90 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Ugly Duckling, sentence 90 The tom cat, whom the mistress called, "My little son," was a great favorite; he could raise his back, and purr, and could even throw out sparks from his fur if it were stroked the wrong way. **Who acts:** tom cat, cat · **What happens:** call, be, raise, purr, throw out, stroke · **To what, where:** mistress, great favorite, back, sparks, fur · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Ugly Duckling. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tom cat, cat), 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:pg27200:201:90 # text = The tom cat, whom the mistress called, "My little son," was a great favorite; he could raise his back, and purr, and could even throw out sparks from his fur if it were stroked the wrong way. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 tom tom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 8 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 favorite favorite NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 raise raise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 parataxis _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 purr purr VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 even even ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 sparks spark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 stroked stroke VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | participle | | the mistress *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | the tom cat | a great favorite | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **raise** | could | cat | cat's back | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Theme | | 4 | **purr** | present | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **throw out** | could | | sparks | | cat's fur | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent spark=Theme from fur=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **stroke** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | back | | | | the wrong way *obl:unmarked* | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/201/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/201/91/) - ↑ back to [The Ugly Duckling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/201/)