--- title: Over the roofs and along fences the cat went till she came to the ri… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: Over the roofs and along fences the cat went till she came to the right house; then she found a window open, and walking in she curled down in a warm place to take note of what was going on and to make her plans. Who acts: cat, walking. 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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, walking), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75089:14:58 # text = Over the roofs and along fences the cat went till she came to the right house; then she found a window open, and walking in she curled down in a warm place to take note of what was going on and to make her plans. 1 Over over ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 roofs roof NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 along along ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 fences fence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 till till SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 csubj:pass _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 curled curl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ _ 30 down down ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 37 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nmod _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 on on ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 plans plan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the cat | | | the roofs and fences | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over roof=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **come** | past | cat | | | the right house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **find** | past | cat | a window | | | then | open *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Topic | | 4 | **walk** | gerund | | | | | | in cat | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in she=Trajectory | | 5 | **curl down** | participle | walking | | | a warm place | | | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **take** | to-infinitive | walking *not said here* | note | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Theme | | 7 | **go on** | past · progressive | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **make** | to-infinitive | walking *not said here* | cat's plans | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset plan=Product | | 9 | **plan** | | cat | | | | | | nom plan «cognition transitive»: 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:** «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, Project Gutenberg book 75089 (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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/14/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/14/59/) - ↑ back to [How the Dog and Cat Came to Be Enemies](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/14/)