--- title: Leaping with his Spanish cat upon the balcony, he snatched Bellissim… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Leaping with his Spanish cat upon the balcony, he snatched Bellissima from the Queen’s arms, and before any of the ladies of the Court could stop him he had sprung upon the roof of the palace and disappeared with his prize. Who acts: much. 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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 (much), 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:pg503:6:60 # text = Leaping with his Spanish cat upon the balcony, he snatched Bellissima from the Queen’s arms, and before any of the ladies of the Court could stop him he had sprung upon the roof of the palace and disappeared with his prize. 1 Leaping leap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 Spanish Spanish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 balcony balcony NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 snatched snatch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 Bellissima Bellissima PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 20 before before ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 29 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 sprung spring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 xcomp _ _ 34 upon upon ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leap** | gerund | much *not said here* | | | the balcony | | with much's Spanish cat | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon balcony=Trajectory | | 2 | **snatch** | past | much | Bellissima | | the Queen's arms | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bellissima=Theme from arm=Source | | 3 | **stop** | could | | much | | | before any | | tree rules | | 4 | **spring** | past · perfect | much | | | the roof of the palace | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon roof=Trajectory | | 5 | **disappear** | past | much *not said here* | | | | | with much's prize | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/61/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/)