--- title: A cat had made acquaintance with a mouse, and had spoken so much of… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: A cat had made acquaintance with a mouse, and had spoken so much of the great love and friendship she felt for her, that at last the Mouse consented to live in the same house with her, and to go shares in the housekeeping. Who acts: cat, Mouse. 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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, Mouse), 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:pg640:3:1 # text = A cat had made acquaintance with a mouse, and had spoken so much of the great love and friendship she felt for her, that at last the Mouse consented to live in the same house with her, and to go shares in the housekeeping. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 acquaintance acquaintance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 xcomp _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 nsubj _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Mouse Mouse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 44 shares share NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 housekeeping housekeeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | a cat | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect | | much of the great love and friendship | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **feel** | past | cat | the great love and friendship *not said here* | | | | for mouse | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent love=Location for she=Theme | | 4 | **consent** | past | the Mouse | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **live** | to-infinitive | the Mouse *not said here* | | | the same house | | with mouse | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | | shares | | the housekeeping | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location share=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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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: [Joan, Toddles, and Tiny, 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/2/45/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/3/2/) - ↑ back to [The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/3/)