--- title: His mother entreated him not to leave her, but he would not listen,… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: His mother entreated him not to leave her, but he would not listen, and he took his sword and a spear and some rice cakes, and went after the cat, which by this time had run of to a great distance. Who acts: mother, 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 (mother, 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:pg641:29:181 # text = His mother entreated him not to leave her, but he would not listen, and he took his sword and a spear and some rice cakes, and went after the cat, which by this time had run of to a great distance. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 entreated entreat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 26 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 cakes cake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 31 after after ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 obj _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 38 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 acl:relcl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **entreat** | past | cat's mother | cat | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **leave** | to-infinitive | cat's mother *not said here* | mother | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **not** **listen** | would | cat | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take** | past | cat | cat's sword and a spear and some rice cakes | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 5 | **go** | past | cat *not said here* | | | | after the cat | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **run** | past · perfect | | the cat | | | time | of a great distance | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent which=Theme of distance=Trajectory | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 180](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/180/) - next →: [sentence 182](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/182/) - ↑ back to [The Nunda, Eater of People](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/)