--- title: So the girl set out to look for the cat, and, as she was hunting abo… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the girl set out to look for the cat, and, as she was hunting about, she met her brother, in great trouble because he could not carry water from the well in a sieve, as it came pouring out as fast as he put it in. Who acts: girl, peasant, cat. 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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 (girl, peasant, cat), 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:pg640:39:34 # text = So the girl set out to look for the cat, and, as she was hunting about, she met her brother, in great trouble because he could not carry water from the well in a sieve, as it came pouring out as fast as he put it in. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 18 about about ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 advcl _ _ 28 because because SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 33 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 sieve sieve NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 44 pouring pour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 xcomp _ _ 45 out out ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 as as ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 advmod _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 in in ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set out** | past | the girl | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | the girl *not said here* | | | | | for the cat | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for cat=Theme | | 3 | **hunt** | past · progressive | girl | | | | | about *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **meet** | past | girl | girl's brother | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Co-Agent | | 5 | **not** **carry** | could | peasant | water | | the well | | in a sieve | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent water=Theme from well=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **come** | past | cat | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **pour out** | gerund | cat *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 8 | **put in** | past | peasant | cat | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/39/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/39/35/) - ↑ back to [The Witch (28)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/39/)