--- title: Another movement, and, by stretching out his paw, he would be able t… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Another movement, and, by stretching out his paw, he would be able to draw the string towards him, when the branch gave a loud crack, and the cat made haste to wriggle himself back the way he had come. Who acts: cat, branch. 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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, branch), 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:pg3282:29:24 # text = Another movement, and, by stretching out his paw, he would be able to draw the string towards him, when the branch gave a loud crack, and the cat made haste to wriggle himself back the way he had come. 1 Another another DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 movement movement NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 by by SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 stretching stretch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 paw paw NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 15 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 towards towards ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 crack crack NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 amod _ _ 35 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 wriggle wriggle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obj _ _ 39 back back ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stretch out** | gerund | | cat's paw | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent paw=Patient | | 2 | **is** | would | cat | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **draw** | to-infinitive | cat *not said here* | the string | | | | towards cat | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent string=Theme towards he=Destination | | 4 | **give** | past | the branch | a loud crack | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crack=Theme | | 5 | **make** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 6 | **haste** | | the cat | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **wriggle back** | to-infinitive | | cat | | | | the way *obl:unmarked* | tree rules | | 8 | **come** | past · perfect | cat | the way *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/25/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/)