--- title: The cat heard it, gave chase to the fox, rescued the cock, brought h… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The cat heard it, gave chase to the fox, rescued the cock, brought him home, scolded him well, and said, "Now keep out of her jaws in the future, if you don't want to be killed altogether!" 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:pg29672:20:8 # text = The cat heard it, gave chase to the fox, rescued the cock, brought him home, scolded him well, and said, "Now keep out of her jaws in the future, if you don't want to be killed altogether!" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 chase chase NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 rescued rescue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 home home ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 scolded scold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 29 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 30 out out ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 jaws jaw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 41 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 xcomp _ _ 46 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ! ! PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the cat | house | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 2 | **give** | past | the cat *not said here* | chase | the fox | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent chase=Theme to fox=Recipient | | 3 | **rescue** | past | the cat *not said here* | the cock | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cock=Theme | | 4 | **bring** | past | the cat *not said here* | | cock | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 5 | **scold** | past | | cock | | | | well *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **keep out** *in a quote* | infinitive | | fox's jaws | | the future | now | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent jaw=Theme in future=Location | | 8 | **not** **want** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **kill** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | you *not said here* | | | | | altogether *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | 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/pg29672/20/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/9/) - ↑ back to [The Cat, the Cock, and the Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/)