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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, How the Dog and Cat Came to Be Enemies, sentence 58

Over the roofs and along fences the cat went till she came to the right house; then she found a window open, and walking in she curled down in a warm place to take note of what was going on and to make her plans.

Who acts: cat, walking · What happens: go, come, find, walk, curl down, take · To what, where: roofs, right house, window, warm place, note, plans

This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, How the Dog and Cat Came to Be Enemies. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cat, walking), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

The tree

casedetoblcccaseconjdetnsubjmarknsubjadvclcasedetamodoblpunctadvmodnsubjconjdetobjxcomppunctcccsubj:passcaseobladvclcompound:prtcasedetamodoblmarkadvclobjcasenmodauxacl:relclcompound:prtccmarkconjnmod:possobjpunctrootOverADPtheDETroofsNOUNandCCONJalongADPfencesNOUNtheDETcatNOUNwentVERBtillSCONJshePRONcameVERBtoADPtheDETrightADJhouseNOUN;PUNCTthenADVshePRONfoundVERBaDETwindowNOUNopenADJ,PUNCTandCCONJwalkingVERBinADPshePRONcurledVERBdownADPinADPaDETwarmADJplaceNOUNtoPARTtakeVERBnoteNOUNofADPwhatPRONwasAUXgoingVERBonADPandCCONJtoPARTmakeVERBherPRONplansNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OveroverADP_3 roofscase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 roofsdet
3roofsroofNOUNNumber=Plur9 wentobl
4andandCCONJ_6 fencescc
5alongalongADP_6 fencescase
6fencesfenceNOUNNumber=Plur3 roofsconj
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 catdet
8catcatNOUNNumber=Sing9 wentnsubj
9wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
10tilltillSCONJ_12 camemark
11sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 camensubj
12camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 wentadvcl
13totoADP_16 housecase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 housedet
15rightrightADJDegree=Pos16 houseamod
16househouseNOUNNumber=Sing12 cameobl
17;;PUNCT_20 foundpunct
18thenthenADVPronType=Dem20 foundadvmod
19sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 foundnsubj
20foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 wentconj
21aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art22 windowdet
22windowwindowNOUNNumber=Sing20 foundobj
23openopenADJDegree=Pos20 foundxcomp
24,,PUNCT_29 curledpunct
25andandCCONJ_29 curledcc
26walkingwalkVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part29 curledcsubj:pass
27ininADP_28 shecase
28sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs26 walkingobl
29curledcurlVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass20 foundadvcl
30downdownADP_29 curledcompound:prt
31ininADP_34 placecase
32aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art34 placedet
33warmwarmADJDegree=Pos34 placeamod
34placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing29 curledobl
35totoPART_36 takemark
36taketakeVERBVerbForm=Inf29 curledadvcl
37notenoteNOUNNumber=Sing36 takeobj
38ofofADP_39 whatcase
39whatwhatPRONPronType=Rel37 notenmod
40wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin41 goingaux
41goinggoVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part39 whatacl:relcl
42ononADP_41 goingcompound:prt
43andandCCONJ_45 makecc
44totoPART_45 makemark
45makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf36 takeconj
46herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs47 plansnmod:poss
47plansplanNOUNNumber=Plur45 makeobj
48..PUNCT_9 wentpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gopastthe catthe roofs and fencesvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme over roof=Initial_Location
2comepastcatthe right housevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location
3findpastcata windowthenopen propertyvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Topic
4walkgerundin catvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in she=Trajectory
5curl downparticiplewalkinga warm placevn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme
6taketo-infinitivewalking not said herenotevn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Theme
7go onpast · progressivevn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8maketo-infinitivewalking not said herecat's plansvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset plan=Product
9plancatnom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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: «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, Project Gutenberg book 75089 (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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