--- title: “I have been, moreover, informed,” said the Cat, “but I know not how… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I have been, moreover, informed,” said the Cat, “but I know not how to believe it, that you have also the power to take on you the shape of the smallest animals; for example, to change yourself into a rat or a mouse; but I must own to you I take this to be impossible.” Who acts: Cat, you. 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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, you), 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:pg503:21:55 # text = “I have been, moreover, informed,” said the Cat, “but I know not how to believe it, that you have also the power to take on you the shape of the smallest animals; for example, to change yourself into a rat or a mouse; but I must own to you I take this to be impossible.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 been be VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 moreover moreover ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 informed inform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 20 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 28 also also ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 smallest small ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 40 amod _ _ 40 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 example example NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 47 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 46 obj _ _ 48 into into ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 or or CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 but but CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 own own VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 58 obl _ _ 61 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 parataxis _ _ 63 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 62 obj _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 66 mark _ _ 65 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 66 cop _ _ 66 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ” " PUNCT '' _ 58 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the Cat *= cat* | | | | | moreover *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **inform** *speech: other* *in a quote* | participle | the Cat *= cat* *not said here* | | | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Cat | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present | the Cat *= cat* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **believe** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | form | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | the power | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | | 7 | **take** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the shape of the smallest animals | | | | on you; for example | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shape=Theme on you=Destination | | 8 | **change** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | yourself | | | | into a rat or a mouse *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent yourself=Patient into rat=Result | | 9 | **own** *in a quote* | must | the Cat *= cat* | | you | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 10 | **take** *in a quote* | present | the Cat *= cat* | this | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Theme | | 11 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Cat *= cat* *not said here* | | | | | impossible *property* | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/56/) - ↑ back to [The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/)