--- title: Pussy will play man-Friday till It’s time to wet her paw And make he… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: Pussy will play man-Friday till It’s time to wet her paw And make her walk on the window-sill (For the footprint Crusoe saw); Then she fluffles her tail and mews, And scratches and won’t attend. Who acts: Pussy, Crusoe. 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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 (Pussy, Crusoe), 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:pg2781:12:168 # text = Pussy will play man-Friday till It’s time to wet her paw And make her walk on the window-sill (For the footprint Crusoe saw); Then she fluffles her tail and mews, And scratches and won’t attend. 1 Pussy pussy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Friday Friday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 till till SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 wet wet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 paw paw NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 sill sill NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 For for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 footprint footprint NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 28 Crusoe Crusoe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 fluffles fluffle VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 mews mew NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 And and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 scratches scratch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 44 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | future | Pussy | man | | | friday | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 2 | **wet** | to-infinitive | Pussy *not said here* | PUSSY's paw | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent paw=Patient | | 3 | **make** | infinitive | Pussy *not said here* | PUSSY | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **walk** | infinitive | PUSSY *not said here* | | | the window sill | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sill=Trajectory | | 5 | **see** | past | Crusoe | the footprint *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer footprint=Stimulus | | 6 | **fluffle** | present | Crusoe | PUSSY's tail and mews | | | then | | tree rules | | 7 | **scratch** | present | Crusoe *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **not** **attend** | future | Crusoe *not said here* | | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=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:** «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 167](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/12/167/) - next →: [sentence 169](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/12/169/) - ↑ back to [The Cat That Walked By Himself](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/12/)