--- title: 'Dear me,' said the cat, opening her eyes for the first time, 'that… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'Dear me,' said the cat, opening her eyes for the first time, 'that looks to me very like a rat city down there, let us go down to it; they may be able to help us.' Who acts: that, us, eyes. 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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 (that, us, eyes), 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:pg3027:14:123 # text = 'Dear me,' said the cat, opening her eyes for the first time, 'that looks to me very like a rat city down there, let us go down to it; they may be able to help us.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 opening open VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 16 amod _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 18 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 23 very very ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 24 like like ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 28 down down ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 32 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 down down ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 41 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the cat | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cat=Topic | | 2 | **open** | gerund | | sun's eyes | | | time | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 3 | **look** | present | that | | me | there | | like a rat city | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to i=Theme | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | that *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go down** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | cat | | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **is** | may | eyes *= eye* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **help** | to-infinitive | eyes *= eye* *not said here* | | us | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/14/122/) - next →: [sentence 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/14/124/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/14/)