--- title: Then the cat thanked them for the ham, and gave them a pocket-handke… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the cat thanked them for the ham, and gave them a pocket-handkerchief and a comb, and told them that when the witch pursued them, as she certainly would, all they had to do was to throw the handkerchief on the ground and run as fast as they could. Who acts: cat, witch, wrens. 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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, witch, wrens), 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:pg640:39:45 # text = Then the cat thanked them for the ham, and gave them a pocket-handkerchief and a comb, and told them that when the witch pursued them, as she certainly would, all they had to do was to throw the handkerchief on the ground and run as fast as they could. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ham ham NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 handkerchief handkerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 comb comb NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 pursued pursue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 conj _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 handkerchief handkerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 51 as as ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 50 advmod _ _ 53 as as SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | the cat | | wrens *= wren* | | then | for the ham | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent they=Theme for ham=Attribute | | 2 | **give** | past | the cat *not said here* | a pocket handkerchief and a comb | wrens *= wren* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient handkerchief=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the cat *not said here* | | wrens *= wren* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 4 | **pursue** | past | the witch | wrens *= wren* | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **have** | past | wrens *= wren* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | wrens *= wren* *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **be** | past | the witch *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **throw** | to-infinitive | the witch *not said here* | the handkerchief | | the ground | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent handkerchief=Theme on ground=Destination | | 9 | **run** | present | the witch *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/39/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/39/46/) - ↑ back to [The Witch (28)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/39/)