--- title: But the cat popped his head out of the window, and when he saw the h… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the cat popped his head out of the window, and when he saw the hare, he put up his back and stuck up his tail and said, "Ft-t-t-t-t-Frrrrrrr!" Who acts: cat, Ft t. 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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, Ft t), 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:pg29672:13:8 # text = But the cat popped his head out of the window, and when he saw the hare, he put up his back and stuck up his tail and said, "Ft-t-t-t-t-Frrrrrrr!" 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 popped pop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 out out ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 stuck stick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Ft ft NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 t t NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 t t NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 t t NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 t t NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Frrrrrrr frrrrrrr INTJ UH _ 41 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pop** | past | the cat | cat's head | | the window | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 2 | **see** | past | cat | the hare | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hare=Stimulus | | 3 | **put up** | past | cat | cat's back | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent back=Goal | | 4 | **stick up** | past | cat *not said here* | cat's tail | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tail=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: express* | past | cat *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **t** *in a quote* | | Ft t | | | | | | 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:** «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», Project Gutenberg book 29672 (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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/13/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/13/9/) - ↑ back to [The Fox and the Cat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/13/)