--- title: Next day the Cat waited to see if any other Wild thing would go up t… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: Next day the Cat waited to see if any other Wild thing would go up to the Cave, but no one moved in the Wet Wild Woods, so the Cat walked there by himself; and he saw the Woman milking the Cow, and he saw the light of the fire in the Cave, and he smelt the smell of the warm white milk. 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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, other Wild thing, one, Woman), 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:pg2781:12:66 # text = Next day the Cat waited to see if any other Wild thing would go up to the Cave, but no one moved in the Wet Wild Woods, so the Cat walked there by himself; and he saw the Woman milking the Cow, and he saw the light of the fire in the Cave, and he smelt the smell of the warm white milk. 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 9 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 Wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 15 up up ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 21 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 22 det _ _ 22 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 23 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 acl _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 Wet Wet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 27 Wild Wild PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 Woods Woods PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 34 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 milking milk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 acl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 Cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 smelt smelt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 smell smell NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 66 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 67 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | the Cat | | | | day | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the Cat *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **go up** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | any other Wild thing | | | | | to the Cave | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **move** | participle | | no one *not said here* | | the Wet Wild Woods | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in woods=Trajectory | | 5 | **walk** | past | no one | | | there | | by Cat | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by himself=Trajectory | | 6 | **see** | past | Cat | the Woman | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer woman=Stimulus | | 7 | **milk** | gerund | the Woman *not said here* | the Cow | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Source | | 8 | **see** | past | Cat | the light of the fire | | the Cave | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus | | 9 | **smelt** | past | Cat | the smell of the warm white milk | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **light** | | | the fire | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **smell** | | the warm white milk | | | | | | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/12/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/12/67/) - ↑ back to [The Cat That Walked By Himself](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/12/)