--- title: When the Cat had what he asked for he booted himself very gallantly,… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the Cat had what he asked for he booted himself very gallantly, and putting his bag about his neck, he held the strings of it in his two forepaws and went into a warren where was great abundance of rabbits. Who acts: Cat. 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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), 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:pg503:21:13 # text = When the Cat had what he asked for he booted himself very gallantly, and putting his bag about his neck, he held the strings of it in his two forepaws and went into a warren where was great abundance of rabbits. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 booted boot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ _ 12 very very ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 gallantly gallantly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 about about ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 forepaws forepaw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 warren warren NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 41 advmod _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 abundance abundance NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 rabbits rabbit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the Cat | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | cat | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **boot** | past | cat | cat | | | | gallantly *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 4 | **put** | gerund | the Cat *not said here* | cat's bag | | | | about cat's neck | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bag=Theme about neck=Destination | | 5 | **hold** | past | cat | the strings of bag | | cat's two forepaws | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent string=Theme in forepaw=Location | | 6 | **go** | past | cat *not said here* | | | a warren | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into warren=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **is a** | past | | great abundance | | | | of rabbits | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/14/) - ↑ back to [The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/)