Just so stories, The Cat That Walked By Himself, sentence 117

She tied the thread to the little clay spindle whorl and drew it across the floor, and the Cat ran after it and patted it with his paws and rolled head over heels, and tossed it backward over his shoulder and chased it between his hind-legs and pretended to lose it, and pounced down upon it again, till the Baby laughed as loudly as it had been crying, and scrambled after the Cat and frolicked all over the Cave till it grew tired and settled down to sleep with the Cat in its arms.

Who acts: Woman, Cat, Baby, thread · What happens: tie, draw, run, pat, roll, toss · To what, where: thread, floor, shoulder, hind legs, Cave, arms

This is a sentence of «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, The Cat That Walked By Himself. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Woman, Cat, Baby, thread), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tied	nsubj
2	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 thread	det
4	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	10 whorl	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 whorl	det
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 whorl	amod
8	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 whorl	compound
9	spindle	spindle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 whorl	compound
10	whorl	whorl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 drew	cc
12	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tied	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 drew	obj
14	across	across	ADP	_	16 floor	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 floor	det
16	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 drew	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 ran	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 ran	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Cat	det
20	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 ran	nsubj
21	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tied	conj
22	after	after	ADP	_	23 it	case
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 ran	obl
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 patted	cc
25	patted	pat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 ran	conj
26	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 patted	obj
27	with	with	ADP	_	29 paws	case
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 paws	nmod:poss
29	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 patted	obl
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 head	cc
31	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 head	amod
32	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 paws	conj
33	over	over	ADP	_	34 heels	case
34	heels	heel	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 head	nmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 tossed	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 tossed	cc
37	tossed	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tied	conj
38	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 tossed	obj
39	backward	backward	ADV	_	37 tossed	advmod
40	over	over	ADP	_	42 shoulder	case
41	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 shoulder	nmod:poss
42	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 tossed	obl
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 chased	cc
44	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 tossed	conj
45	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 chased	obj
46	between	between	ADP	_	50 legs	case
47	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 legs	nmod:poss
48	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 legs	amod
49	-	-	PUNCT	_	48 hind	punct
50	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 chased	obl
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 pretended	cc
52	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 chased	conj
53	to	to	PART	_	54 lose	mark
54	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 pretended	xcomp
55	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 lose	obj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 pounced	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 pounced	cc
58	pounced	pounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tied	conj
59	down	down	ADV	_	58 pounced	advmod
60	upon	upon	ADP	_	61 it	case
61	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 pounced	obl
62	again	again	ADV	_	58 pounced	advmod
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 laughed	punct
64	till	till	SCONJ	_	67 laughed	mark
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 Baby	det
66	Baby	Baby	PROPN	Number=Sing	67 laughed	nsubj
67	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 pounced	parataxis
68	as	as	ADV	_	69 loudly	advmod
69	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	67 laughed	advmod
70	as	as	SCONJ	_	74 crying	mark
71	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	74 crying	nsubj
72	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 crying	aux
73	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	74 crying	aux
74	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	67 laughed	advcl
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 scrambled	punct
76	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 scrambled	cc
77	scrambled	scramble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 laughed	conj
78	after	after	ADP	_	80 Cat	case
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 Cat	det
80	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 scrambled	obl
81	and	and	CCONJ	_	82 frolicked	cc
82	frolicked	frolic	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	77 scrambled	conj
83	all	all	ADV	_	86 Cave	advmod
84	over	over	ADP	_	86 Cave	case
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 Cave	det
86	Cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 frolicked	obj
87	till	till	SCONJ	_	89 grew	mark
88	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	89 grew	nsubj
89	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	82 frolicked	advcl
90	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	89 grew	xcomp
91	and	and	CCONJ	_	92 settled	cc
92	settled	settle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	89 grew	conj
93	down	down	ADV	_	92 settled	advmod
94	to	to	PART	_	95 sleep	mark
95	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	92 settled	advcl
96	with	with	ADP	_	98 Cat	case
97	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	98 Cat	det
98	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 sleep	obl
99	in	in	ADP	_	101 arms	case
100	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	101 arms	nmod:poss
101	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	95 sleep	obl
102	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tied	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	Woman	the thread			to the little clay spindle whorl	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent thread=Patient to whorl=Co-Patient
2	draw	past	Woman not said here	thread	the floor			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	run	past	the Cat			after floor		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	pat	past	the Cat not said here	thread			with Cat's paws and rolled head over heels	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with paw=Instrument
5	roll	participle						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	toss	past	Woman not said here	thread	Cat's shoulder		backward property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme over shoulder=Destination
7	chase	past	Woman not said here	thread	Cat's hind legs			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme between leg=Trajectory
8	pretend	past	Woman not said here					tree rules
9	lose	to-infinitive	Woman not said here	thread				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
10	pounce down	past	Woman not said here		floor	again	down property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon it=Trajectory
11	laugh	past	the Baby				loudly property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	cry speech: express	past · perfect · progressive	thread					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
13	scramble	past	the Baby not said here			after the Cat		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
14	frolic	past	the Baby not said here	the Cave				vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location cave=Theme
15	grow	past	thread				tired property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
16	settle down	past	thread not said here				down property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
17	sleep	to-infinitive	thread not said here		thread's arms		with the Cat	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in arm=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: «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, Project Gutenberg book 2781 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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