--- title: The lad spent many days hunting the cat, which now bore the name of… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The lad spent many days hunting the cat, which now bore the name of ‘The Nunda, eater of people,’ but though he killed many wild animals he saw no trace of the enemy he was hunting for. Who acts: lad, 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 (lad, 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:pg641:29:182 # text = The lad spent many days hunting the cat, which now bore the name of ‘The Nunda, eater of people,’ but though he killed many wild animals he saw no trace of the enemy he was hunting for. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 spent spend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 12 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Nunda Nunda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 eater eater NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 though though SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 trace trace NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spend** | past | the lad | | | | day | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hunt** | gerund | the lad *not said here* | the cat | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme | | 3 | **bear** | past | the cat | the name of Nunda eater of people | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient | | 4 | **kill** | past | cat | many wild animals | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | cat | no trace of the enemy | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trace=Stimulus | | 6 | **hunt** | past · progressive | cat | the enemy *not said here* | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Theme | | 7 | **name** | | | Nunda eater of people | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 181](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/181/) - next →: [sentence 183](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/183/) - ↑ back to [The Nunda, Eater of People](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/)