--- title: When Simon went off to his work, the poor cat miawed so pitifully, a… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When Simon went off to his work, the poor cat miawed so pitifully, and looked up so pathetically into Susan’s face, that the woman quickly opened the door and said, ‘Fly for your life, my poor little beast, and get well away from here before your master returns.’ Who acts: Simon, woman, master. 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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 (Simon, woman, master), 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:pg7277:53:9 # text = When Simon went off to his work, the poor cat miawed so pitifully, and looked up so pathetically into Susan’s face, that the woman quickly opened the door and said, ‘Fly for your life, my poor little beast, and get well away from here before your master returns.’ 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 Simon Simon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 12 miawed miaw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 pitifully pitifully ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 pathetically pathetically ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 Susan Susan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’s 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 door door 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 Fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 43 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 37 parataxis _ _ 49 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 50 advmod _ _ 50 away away ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 50 obl _ _ 53 before before SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 54 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 56 returns return VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go off** | past | Simon | | | | | to Simon's work | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **miaw** | participle | | the poor cat *not said here* | | | | pitifully *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **look up** | past | | | | | | into Susan's face | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into face=Theme | | 4 | **open** | past | the woman | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **fly** | infinitive | | my poor little beast | | | | for your life | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **get** | infinitive | | | | | | away *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **return** | present | your master | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **work** | | Simon | | | | | | nom work «act 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/53/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/53/10/) - ↑ back to [The War of the Wolf and the Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/53/)