--- title: Puss was so sadly terrified at the sight of a lion so near him that… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Puss was so sadly terrified at the sight of a lion so near him that he immediately got into the gutter, not without abundance of trouble and danger, because of his boots, which were of no use at all to him in walking upon the tiles. Who acts: Puss, ogre, boots, use. 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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 (Puss, ogre, boots, use), 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:pg503:21:53 # text = Puss was so sadly terrified at the sight of a lion so near him that he immediately got into the gutter, not without abundance of trouble and danger, because of his boots, which were of no use at all to him in walking upon the tiles. 1 Puss puss NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 terrified terrified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 near near ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 gutter gutter NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 24 without without ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 abundance abundance NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 34 case _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 40 det _ _ 40 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 acl:relcl _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 40 nmod _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nmod _ _ 45 in in SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 46 walking walk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 acl _ _ 47 upon upon ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 tiles tile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Puss | | | the sight of a lion | | near ogre; sadly, terrified *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | past | ogre | | | the gutter and abundance of trouble and danger | | immediately *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into gutter=Destination | | 3 | **is** | past | ogre's boots | | ogre | all | | of no use | tree rules | | 4 | **walk** | gerund | no use *not said here* | | | the tiles | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon tile=Trajectory | | 5 | **sight** | | | a lion | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/54/) - ↑ back to [The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/)