The Blue Fairy Book, The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots, sentence 55

“I have been, moreover, informed,” said the Cat, “but I know not how to believe it, that you have also the power to take on you the shape of the smallest animals; for example, to change yourself into a rat or a mouse; but I must own to you I take this to be impossible.”

Who acts: Cat, you · What happens: be, inform, say, not know, believe, have · To what, where: form, power, shape, yourself, rat, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Cat, you), 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	“	"	PUNCT	_	4 been	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 been	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 been	aux
4	been	be	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 said	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 moreover	punct
6	moreover	moreover	ADV	_	4 been	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 informed	punct
8	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 been	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 informed	punct
10	”	"	PUNCT	_	4 been	punct
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Cat	det
13	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 said	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 “	punct
15	“	"	PUNCT	_	13 Cat	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 know	cc
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 know	nsubj
18	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 “	conj
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 know	advmod
20	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	22 believe	advmod
21	to	to	PART	_	22 believe	mark
22	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 know	ccomp
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 believe	obj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 have	punct
25	that	that	SCONJ	_	27 have	mark
26	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	27 have	nsubj
27	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 believe	parataxis
28	also	also	ADV	_	30 power	advmod
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 power	det
30	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 have	obj
31	to	to	PART	_	32 take	mark
32	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 have	advcl
33	on	on	ADP	_	34 you	case
34	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	32 take	obl
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 shape	det
36	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 take	obj
37	of	of	ADP	_	40 animals	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 animals	det
39	smallest	small	ADJ	Degree=Sup	40 animals	amod
40	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 shape	nmod
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 example	punct
42	for	for	ADP	_	43 example	case
43	example	example	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 take	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 change	punct
45	to	to	PART	_	46 change	mark
46	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 take	conj
47	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	46 change	obj
48	into	into	ADP	_	50 rat	case
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 rat	det
50	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 change	obl
51	or	or	CCONJ	_	53 mouse	cc
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 mouse	det
53	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 rat	conj
54	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 own	punct
55	but	but	CCONJ	_	58 own	cc
56	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	58 own	nsubj
57	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 own	aux
58	own	own	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 said	ccomp
59	to	to	ADP	_	60 you	case
60	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	58 own	obl
61	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	62 take	nsubj
62	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	58 own	parataxis
63	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	62 take	obj
64	to	to	PART	_	66 impossible	mark
65	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	66 impossible	cop
66	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 take	advcl
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	58 own	punct
68	”	"	PUNCT	_	58 own	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	be in a quote	present · perfect	the Cat = cat			moreover property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	inform speech: other in a quote	participle	the Cat = cat not said here				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	past	the Cat				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	not know in a quote	present	the Cat = cat				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	believe in a quote	to-infinitive		form			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
6	have in a quote	present	you	the power			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient
7	take in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here	the shape of the smallest animals		on you; for example	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shape=Theme on you=Destination
8	change in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here	yourself		into a rat or a mouse result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent yourself=Patient into rat=Result
9	own in a quote	must	the Cat = cat		you		vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
10	take in a quote	present	the Cat = cat	this			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Theme
11	is in a quote	to-infinitive	the Cat = cat not said here			impossible property	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: «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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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