Just so stories, The Cat That Walked By Himself, sentence 170

Pussy will rub my knees with her head Pretending she loves me hard; But the very minute I go to my bed Pussy runs out in the yard, And there she stays till the morning-light; So I know it is only pretend; But Binkie, he snores at my feet all night, And he is my Firstest Friend!

Who acts: Pussy, head, I, light, Binkie · What happens: rub, pretend, love, go, run out, stay · To what, where: knees, me, minute, feet, Firstest Friend · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Pussy, head, I, light), 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	Pussy	pussy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rub	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 rub	aux
3	rub	rub	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 knees	nmod:poss
5	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rub	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 head	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 head	nmod:poss
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rub	obl
9	Pretending	pretend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 head	acl
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 loves	nsubj
11	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 Pretending	ccomp
12	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 loves	obj
13	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 loves	xcomp
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 runs	punct
15	But	but	CCONJ	_	25 runs	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 minute	det
17	very	very	ADV	_	18 minute	advmod
18	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 runs	obl:unmarked
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 go	nsubj
20	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 minute	acl:relcl
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 bed	case
22	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 bed	nmod:poss
23	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 go	obl
24	Pussy	Pussy	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 runs	nsubj
25	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rub	parataxis
26	out	out	ADP	_	25 runs	compound:prt
27	in	in	ADP	_	29 yard	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 yard	det
29	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 runs	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 stays	punct
31	And	and	CCONJ	_	34 stays	cc
32	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	34 stays	expl
33	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 stays	nsubj
34	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 runs	conj
35	till	till	ADP	_	39 light	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 light	det
37	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 light	compound
38	-	-	PUNCT	_	37 morning	punct
39	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 stays	obl
40	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 know	punct
41	So	so	ADV	_	43 know	advmod
42	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	43 know	nsubj
43	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rub	parataxis
44	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 pretend	nsubj
45	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	47 pretend	cop
46	only	only	ADV	_	47 pretend	advmod
47	pretend	pretend	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 know	ccomp
48	;	;	PUNCT	_	53 snores	punct
49	But	but	CCONJ	_	53 snores	cc
50	Binkie	Binkie	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 snores	nsubj
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 snores	punct
52	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 snores	nsubj
53	snores	snore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rub	parataxis
54	at	at	ADP	_	56 feet	case
55	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 feet	nmod:poss
56	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 snores	obl
57	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	58 night	det
58	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 snores	obl:unmarked
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 Friend	punct
60	And	and	CCONJ	_	65 Friend	cc
61	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 Friend	nsubj
62	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	65 Friend	cop
63	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 Friend	nmod:poss
64	Firstest	firstest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 Friend	amod
65	Friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rub	advcl
66	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 rub	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	future	Pussy	my knees			with PUSSY's head	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent knee=Destination with head=Theme
2	pretend	gerund	PUSSY's head not said here					tree rules
3	love	present	PUSSY	me			hard property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus
4	go	present	I	the minute not said here			to my bed	tree rules
5	run out	present	Pussy			minute	in the yard	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in yard=Trajectory
6	stay	present	PUSSY		there	till the morning light		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	know	present	I					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
8	is	present	light				pretend property	tree rules
9	snore	present	Binkie		my feet	night		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	is a	present	Binkie	my Firstest Friend				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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