--- title: The Cat, who had taken care to inform himself who this ogre was and… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Cat, who had taken care to inform himself who this ogre was and what he could do, asked to speak with him, saying he could not pass so near his castle without having the honor of paying his respects to him. Who acts: Cat, honor. A sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master Cat; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/49/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/) / 49 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots, sentence 49 The Cat, who had taken care to inform himself who this ogre was and what he could do, asked to speak with him, saying he could not pass so near his castle without having the honor of paying his respects to him. **Who acts:** Cat, honor · **What happens:** take, inform, be, ask, speak, say · **To what, where:** care, cat, castle, honor, respects · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Cat, honor), 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:pg503:21:49 # text = The Cat, who had taken care to inform himself who this ogre was and what he could do, asked to speak with him, saying he could not pass so near his castle without having the honor of paying his respects to him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 inform inform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 10 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obj _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:outer _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 obj _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 21 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 near near ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 without without SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 of of SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 paying pay VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 acl _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 respects respects NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past · perfect | the Cat | care | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the Cat *not said here* | cat | | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** | could · past | | | | | | do *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Cat | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Cat *not said here* | | | | | with cat | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the Cat *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **pass** | could | cat | | | cat's castle | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near castle=Location | | 8 | **have** | gerund | cat *not said here* | the honor | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honor=Patient | | 9 | **pay** | gerund | the honor *not said here* | cat's respects | cat | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respects=Asset | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/50/) - ↑ back to [The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/)