--- title: The Cat counted the five things (and they looked very knobby) and he… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: The Cat counted the five things (and they looked very knobby) and he said, ‘I will catch mice when I am in the Cave for always and always and always; but still I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.’ Who acts: Cat, Enemies, I, places. 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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, Enemies, I, places), 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:pg2781:12:147 # text = The Cat counted the five things (and they looked very knobby) and he said, ‘I will catch mice when I am in the Cave for always and always and always; but still I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 counted count VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 knobby knobby ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 10 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 22 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 25 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 21 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 30 conj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 still still ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 49 det _ _ 49 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ _ 50 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 51 alike alike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | past | the Cat | the five things | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 2 | **look** | past | Enemies *= enemy* | | | | | knobby *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Cat | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **catch** | future | I | mice | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme for always=Beneficiary | | 5 | **is** | present | I | | | the Cave | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | present | I | the Cat | | | still | | tree rules | | 7 | **walk** | present | the Cat | | | | | by Cat | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by himself=Trajectory | | 8 | **is** | present | all places | | me | | | alike *property* | tree rules | 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:** «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, Project Gutenberg book 2781 (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 146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/12/146/) - next →: [sentence 148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/12/148/) - ↑ back to [The Cat That Walked By Himself](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/12/)