--- title: But,' said the one-eyed fox-coloured cat that was commander-in-chief… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But,' said the one-eyed fox-coloured cat that was commander-in-chief over them, 'you saw him not with your two eyes, and though I have but one eye, there's the rascal up in the tree.' Who acts: one eyed coloured cat, you, I, rascal. 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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 (one eyed coloured cat, you, I, rascal), 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:pg7885:9:88 # text = But,' said the one-eyed fox-coloured cat that was commander-in-chief over them, 'you saw him not with your two eyes, and though I have but one eye, there's the rascal up in the tree.' 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 eyed eyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 9 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 coloured coloured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 15 commander commander NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 acl:relcl _ _ 20 over over ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 34 though though SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 41 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 42 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 rascal rascal NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the one eyed coloured cat | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the one eyed coloured cat | | | chief | | over places *= place* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **see** | past | you | cat | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | present | I | one eye | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 5 | **be up** | present | the rascal | | | the tree; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location | 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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/89/) - ↑ back to [Conall Yellowclaw](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/)