--- title: Pussy will rub my knees with her head Pretending she loves me hard;… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: Pussy will rub my knees with her head Pretending she loves me hard; But the very minute I go to my bed Pussy runs out in the yard, And there she stays till the morning-light; So I know it is only pretend; But Binkie, he snores at my feet all night, And he is my Firstest Friend! 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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, head, I, light), 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:pg2781:12:170 # text = Pussy will rub my knees with her head Pretending she loves me hard; But the very minute I go to my bed Pussy runs out in the yard, And there she stays till the morning-light; So I know it is only pretend; But Binkie, he snores at my feet all night, And he is my Firstest Friend! 1 Pussy pussy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 rub rub VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 Pretending pretend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 loves love VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 15 But but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl:unmarked _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 Pussy Pussy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 26 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 And and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 34 expl _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 35 till till ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 So so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 only only ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 pretend pretend ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 49 But but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 Binkie Binkie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 snores snore VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 54 at at ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ _ 57 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 58 det _ _ 58 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 60 And and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 62 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 cop _ _ 63 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 64 Firstest firstest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 Friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub** | future | Pussy | my knees | | | | with PUSSY's head | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent knee=Destination with head=Theme | | 2 | **pretend** | gerund | PUSSY's head *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **love** | present | PUSSY | me | | | | hard *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 4 | **go** | present | I | the minute *not said here* | | | | to my bed | tree rules | | 5 | **run out** | present | Pussy | | | | minute | in the yard | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in yard=Trajectory | | 6 | **stay** | present | PUSSY | | | there | till the morning light | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** | present | light | | | | | pretend *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **snore** | present | Binkie | | | my feet | night | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is a** | present | Binkie | my Firstest Friend | | | | | 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 169](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/12/169/) - next →: [The Butterfly That Stamped, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/1/) - ↑ back to [The Cat That Walked By Himself](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/12/)