--- title: This time in their gratitude they fed the cat first, all she could e… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: This time in their gratitude they fed the cat first, all she could eat, but forgot the dog, so absorbed were they in their own supper and in planning a good, safe hiding-place for the most precious charm. Who acts: dog, all. 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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 (dog, all), 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:pg75089:14:79 # text = This time in their gratitude they fed the cat first, all she could eat, but forgot the dog, so absorbed were they in their own supper and in planning a good, safe hiding-place for the most precious charm. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 fed feed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 nsubj _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 absorbed absorb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 31 in in SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 planning plan VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 34 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 37 hiding hiding NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 43 advmod _ _ 43 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | past | dog | | the cat | | time | first *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient | | 2 | **eat** | could | all | | | | | cat *nsubj* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **forget** | past | dog *not said here* | the dog | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **absorb** | participle | dog *not said here* | | | | | | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal | | 5 | **is** | past | dog | | | dog's own supper | | | tree rules | | 6 | **plan** | gerund | dog *not said here* | a good safe hiding place | | | | for the precious charm | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Topic | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/14/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/14/80/) - ↑ back to [How the Dog and Cat Came to Be Enemies](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/14/)