--- title: Then the Man threw his two boots and his little stone axe (that make… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Man threw his two boots and his little stone axe (that makes three) at the Cat, and the Cat ran out of the Cave and the Dog chased him up a tree; and from that day to this, Best Beloved, three proper Men out of five will always throw things at a Cat whenever they meet him, and all proper Do --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/12/161/) [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/) / [Just so stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/) / [The Cat That Walked By Himself](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/12/) / 161 # Just so stories, The Cat That Walked By Himself, sentence 161 Then the Man threw his two boots and his little stone axe (that makes three) at the Cat, and the Cat ran out of the Cave and the Dog chased him up a tree; and from that day to this, Best Beloved, three proper Men out of five will always throw things at a Cat whenever they meet him, and all proper Dogs will chase him up a tree. **Who acts:** Man, little stone axe, Cat, Dog, trees, proper Dogs · **What happens:** throw, make, run, chase up, meet · **To what, where:** two boots, three, Cave, Cat, things, five This is a sentence of «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, The Cat That Walked By Himself. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Man, little stone axe, Cat, Dog), 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:pg2781:12:161 # text = Then the Man threw his two boots and his little stone axe (that makes three) at the Cat, and the Cat ran out of the Cave and the Dog chased him up a tree; and from that day to this, Best Beloved, three proper Men out of five will always throw things at a Cat whenever they meet him, and all proper Dogs will chase him up a tree. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 10 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 13 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 15 punct _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 26 out out ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 chased chase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 Best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 47 amod _ _ 47 Beloved Beloved PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 51 nummod _ _ 50 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 Men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 appos _ _ 52 out out ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 57 obl _ _ 55 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 56 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 57 advmod _ _ 57 throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 51 parataxis _ _ 58 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obj _ _ 59 at at ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 62 whenever whenever SCONJ WRB _ 64 mark _ _ 63 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 meet meet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 advcl _ _ 65 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 68 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 70 det _ _ 69 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 Dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 nsubj _ _ 71 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 chase chase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ _ 73 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 obj _ _ 74 up up ADP RP _ 72 compound:prt _ _ 75 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | past | the Man | Man's two boots | | | then; day | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent boot=Destination axe=Theme | | 2 | **make** | present | Man's little stone axe | three | | | | at the Cat | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset three=Product | | 3 | **run** | past | the Cat | | | the Cave | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out cave=Trajectory | | 4 | **chase up** | past | the Dog | Cat | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **throw** | future | | things | | five | | at a Cat; always *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent thing=Theme out five=Destination | | 6 | **meet** | present | trees *= tree* | Dog | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 7 | **chase up** | future | all proper Dogs | Cat | | | | | 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 160](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/12/160/) - next →: [sentence 162](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/12/162/) - ↑ back to [The Cat That Walked By Himself](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/12/)