Just so stories, The Cat That Walked By Himself, sentence 161

Then the Man threw his two boots and his little stone axe (that makes three) at the Cat, and the Cat ran out of the Cave and the Dog chased him up a tree; and from that day to this, Best Beloved, three proper Men out of five will always throw things at a Cat whenever they meet him, and all proper Dogs will chase him up a tree.

Who acts: Man, little stone axe, Cat, Dog, trees, proper Dogs · What happens: throw, make, run, chase up, meet · To what, where: two boots, three, Cave, Cat, things, five

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 (Man, little stone axe, Cat, Dog), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 threw	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Man	det
3	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 threw	nsubj
4	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 boots	nmod:poss
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 boots	nummod
7	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 threw	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 threw	cc
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 axe	nmod:poss
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 axe	amod
11	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 axe	compound
12	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 threw	obj
13	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 makes	punct
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 makes	nsubj
15	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 axe	acl:relcl
16	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 makes	obj
17	)	)	PUNCT	_	15 makes	punct
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 Cat	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Cat	det
20	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 makes	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 ran	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 ran	cc
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 Cat	det
24	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 ran	nsubj
25	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 threw	conj
26	out	out	ADP	_	29 Cave	case
27	of	of	ADP	_	29 Cave	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 Cave	det
29	Cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 ran	obl
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 chased	cc
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 Dog	det
32	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 chased	nsubj
33	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 threw	conj
34	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 chased	obj
35	up	up	ADP	_	33 chased	compound:prt
36	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 tree	det
37	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 chased	obj
38	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 day	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 day	cc
40	from	from	ADP	_	42 day	case
41	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	42 day	det
42	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 threw	obl
43	to	to	ADP	_	44 this	case
44	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	42 day	nmod
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 Beloved	punct
46	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	47 Beloved	amod
47	Beloved	Beloved	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 day	appos
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 Men	punct
49	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	51 Men	nummod
50	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 Men	amod
51	Men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 Beloved	appos
52	out	out	ADP	_	54 five	case
53	of	of	ADP	_	54 five	case
54	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	57 throw	obl
55	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	57 throw	aux
56	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	57 throw	advmod
57	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	51 Men	parataxis
58	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 throw	obj
59	at	at	ADP	_	61 Cat	case
60	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	61 Cat	det
61	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 throw	obl
62	whenever	whenever	SCONJ	_	64 meet	mark
63	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 meet	nsubj
64	meet	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	57 throw	advcl
65	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 meet	obj
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 chase	punct
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 chase	cc
68	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	70 Dogs	det
69	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 Dogs	amod
70	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 chase	nsubj
71	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	72 chase	aux
72	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	57 throw	conj
73	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 chase	obj
74	up	up	ADP	_	72 chase	compound:prt
75	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	76 tree	det
76	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 chase	obj
77	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 threw	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	the Man	Man's two boots		then; day		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent boot=Destination axe=Theme
2	make	present	Man's little stone axe	three			at the Cat	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset three=Product
3	run	past	the Cat		the Cave			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out cave=Trajectory
4	chase up	past	the Dog	Cat				tree rules
5	throw	future		things	five		at a Cat; always property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent thing=Theme out five=Destination
6	meet	present	trees = tree	Dog				vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent
7	chase up	future	all proper Dogs	Cat				tree rules

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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