--- title: "I have been assured," said the Cat, "that you have the gift of bein… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: "I have been assured," said the Cat, "that you have the gift of being able to change yourself into all sorts of creatures you have a mind to; you can, for example, transform yourself into a lion, or elephant, and the like." Who acts: Cat, you, gift. 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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, you, gift), 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:pg29021:10:87 # text = "I have been assured," said the Cat, "that you have the gift of being able to change yourself into all sorts of creatures you have a mind to; you can, for example, transform yourself into a lion, or elephant, and the like." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 assured assure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 cop _ _ 20 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 acl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obj _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 26 det _ _ 26 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 example example NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 41 transform transform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 42 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 obj _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assure** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the Cat *= cat* | | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Cat | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | the Cat | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund | the gift *not said here* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **change** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the gift *not said here* | yourself | | | | into all sorts of creatures *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent yourself=Patient into sort=Result | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | a mind | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | | 7 | **transform** *in a quote* | infinitive | | yourself | | | | for example; into a lion or elephant *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent yourself=Patient into lion=Result | | 8 | **sort** *in a quote* | | | creatures | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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:** «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/10/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/10/88/) - ↑ back to [Her With a Sauce Robert'"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/10/)