--- title: From this time on no one asked the Cat to stand godmother; but when… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: From this time on no one asked the Cat to stand godmother; but when the winter came and there was nothing to be got outside, the Mouse remembered their provision and said, ‘Come, Cat, we will go to our pot of fat which we have stored away; it will taste very good.’ Who acts: winter, nothing, Mouse, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/3/51/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/3/) / 51 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership, sentence 51 From this time on no one asked the Cat to stand godmother; but when the winter came and there was nothing to be got outside, the Mouse remembered their provision and said, ‘Come, Cat, we will go to our pot of fat which we have stored away; it will taste very good.’ **Who acts:** winter, nothing, Mouse, we, provision, others · **What happens:** ask, stand, come, be, get, remember · **To what, where:** Cat, godmother, provision, pot · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (winter, nothing, Mouse, we), 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:pg640:3:51 # text = From this time on no one asked the Cat to stand godmother; but when the winter came and there was nothing to be got outside, the Mouse remembered their provision and said, ‘Come, Cat, we will go to our pot of fat which we have stored away; it will taste very good.’ 1 From from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 12 godmother godmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 when when SCONJ WRB _ 18 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 21 expl _ _ 21 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 22 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 21 nsubj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl _ _ 26 outside outside ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Mouse Mouse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 provision provision NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 stored store VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl:relcl _ _ 53 away away ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 taste taste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 58 very very ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 57 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | the Cat | | time | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **stand** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | godmother | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer godmother=Stimulus | | 3 | **come** | past | the winter | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **be** | past | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **get** | to-infinitive · passive | nothing *not said here* | | | | | outside *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING» | | 6 | **remember** | past | the Mouse | others's provision | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent provision=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Mouse *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **come** | infinitive | | Cat | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **go** | future | we | | | our pot of fat | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to pot=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **store away** | present · perfect · passive | | our pot of fat | | | | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 11 | **taste** | future | provision | | | | | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 12 | **provide** | | others *= other* | | | | | | nom provision «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/3/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/3/52/) - ↑ back to [The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/3/)