--- title: This he put into his pocket, being determined to lay it out to the b… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This he put into his pocket, being determined to lay it out to the best advantage; and the next day, seeing a woman in the street with a cat under her arm, he ran up to know the price of it. Who acts: This, Whittington. 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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 (This, Whittington), 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:pg503:29:18 # text = This he put into his pocket, being determined to lay it out to the best advantage; and the next day, seeing a woman in the street with a cat under her arm, he ran up to know the price of it. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 9 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 amod _ _ 17 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 33 under under ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | This | | | Whittington's pocket | day | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | gerund | This *not said here* | | | | | determined *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **lay out** | to-infinitive | This *not said here* | pocket | | | | to the best advantage | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result | | 4 | **see** | gerund | This *not said here* | a woman | | the street | | with a cat; under cat's arm | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer woman=Stimulus | | 5 | **run up** | past | Whittington | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **know** | to-infinitive | Whittington *not said here* | the price of price | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer price=Stimulus | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/19/) - ↑ back to [The History of Whittington](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/)