--- title: "I have been moreover informed," said the Cat, "but I know not how t… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: "I have been moreover informed," said the Cat, "but I know not how to believe it, that you have also the power to take on you the shape of the smallest animals; for example, to change yourself into a rat or a mouse; but I must own to you, I take this to be impossible." Who acts: Cat, you. 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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), 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:pg29021:10:91 # text = "I have been moreover informed," said the Cat, "but I know not how to believe it, that you have also the power to take on you the shape of the smallest animals; for example, to change yourself into a rat or a mouse; but I must own to you, I take this to be impossible." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 5 moreover moreover ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 informed informed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 18 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 26 also also ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 smallest small ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 38 amod _ _ 38 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 example example NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 45 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 obj _ _ 46 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 or or CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 but but CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 own own VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 conj _ _ 62 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 61 obj _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 64 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 65 cop _ _ 65 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the Cat *= cat* | | | | | informed, moreover *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Cat | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present | the Cat *= cat* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **believe** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | form | | | | for example | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus for example=Attribute | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | the power | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | | 6 | **take** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the shape of the smallest animals | | | | on you | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shape=Theme on you=Destination | | 7 | **change** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | yourself | | | | into a rat or a mouse *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent yourself=Patient into rat=Result | | 8 | **own** *in a quote* | must | the Cat *= cat* | | you | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **take** *in a quote* | present | the Cat *= cat* | this | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Theme | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Cat *= cat* *not said here* | | | | | impossible *property* | 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:** «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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/10/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/10/92/) - ↑ back to [Her With a Sauce Robert'"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/10/)