--- title: At this noise the King put his head out of the coach-window, and, fi… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At this noise the King put his head out of the coach-window, and, finding it was the Cat who had so often brought him such good game, he commanded his guards to run immediately to the assistance of his Lordship the Marquis of Carabas. Who acts: King, head, 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 (King, head, 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:pg503:21:32 # text = At this noise the King put his head out of the coach-window, and, finding it was the Cat who had so often brought him such good game, he commanded his guards to run immediately to the assistance of his Lordship the Marquis of Carabas. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 out out ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 often often ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 39 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 Lordship lordship NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Marquis Marquis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 appos _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Carabas Carabas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | the King | King's head | | this noise | | out the coach window | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme at noise=Destination | | 2 | **find** | gerund | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | head | the Cat | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bring** | past | the Cat | such good game | King | | | often *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination game=Theme | | 5 | **command** | past | King | King's guards | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent guard=Eventuality | | 6 | **run** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | to the assistance of King's Lordship *result*; immediately *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to assistance=Result | | 7 | **assist** | | | King's Lordship | | | | | nom assistance «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/33/) - ↑ back to [The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/)