--- title: The cat mewed at the door, and when the old lady opened it and saw h… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: The cat mewed at the door, and when the old lady opened it and saw her with the lost treasure, she caught her up, made a big fuss over her, took her in the house, and shut the door, thus leaving the dog out in the court; as she did not know how much he had helped the cat, she did not pay any attenti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/14/77/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Gleanings from Chinese folklore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/) / [How the Dog and Cat Came to Be Enemies](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/14/) / 77 # Gleanings from Chinese folklore, How the Dog and Cat Came to Be Enemies, sentence 77 The cat mewed at the door, and when the old lady opened it and saw her with the lost treasure, she caught her up, made a big fuss over her, took her in the house, and shut the door, thus leaving the dog out in the court; as she did not know how much he had helped the cat, she did not pay any attention to him. **Who acts:** old lady, cat, frog · **What happens:** mew, open, see, lose, catch up, make · **To what, where:** cat, door, lady, big fuss, house, dog This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, How the Dog and Cat Came to Be Enemies. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old lady, cat, frog), 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:pg75089:14:77 # text = The cat mewed at the door, and when the old lady opened it and saw her with the lost treasure, she caught her up, made a big fuss over her, took her in the house, and shut the door, thus leaving the dog out in the court; as she did not know how much he had helped the cat, she did not pay any attention to him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 3 mewed mew VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 21 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 fuss fuss NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 over over ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 shut shut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 thus thus ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 out out ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 55 as as SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 56 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 57 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 59 advmod _ _ 59 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 60 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 61 advmod _ _ 61 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 obj _ _ 62 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 63 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 helped help VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 61 conj _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 68 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 69 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 70 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 71 advmod _ _ 71 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 conj _ _ 72 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 73 det _ _ 73 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ _ 74 to to ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mew** | participle | | the cat *not said here* | | | | at the door | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at door=Stimulus | | 2 | **open** | past | the old lady | door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | the cat | lady | | | | with the lost treasure | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 4 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **catch up** | past | cat | lady | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **make** | past | the cat *not said here* | a big fuss | | | | over cat | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fuss=Product | | 7 | **take** | past | the cat *not said here* | cat | | the house | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Value in house=Location | | 8 | **shut** | infinitive | | the door | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 9 | **leave out** | gerund | | the dog | | the court | | thus *property* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | | 10 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | cat | much | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer much=Stimulus | | 11 | **help** | past · perfect | frog | | the cat | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Beneficiary | | 12 | **not** **pay** | past · do-support | cat | any attention | frog | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Asset | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/14/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/14/78/) - ↑ back to [How the Dog and Cat Came to Be Enemies](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/14/)