为什么pom部署tomcat，tomcat/webapps文件夹里却没有web应用文件夹？

访问http://127.0.0.1:8080/myMVC/index.action显示404
pom文件代码如下

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
	<parent>
		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
		<version>2.3.2.RELEASE</version>
		<relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
	</parent>
	<groupId>cn.njcit</groupId>
	<artifactId>JavaBased-SpringMVC</artifactId>
	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
	<packaging>war</packaging>

	<properties>
		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
	</properties>

	<dependencies>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
		</dependency>

		<dependency><!-- 部署到本地tomcat时，排除内嵌的tomcat -->
			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
			<scope>provided</scope>
		</dependency>
	</dependencies>
	<build>
		<finalName>myMVC</finalName>
		<plugins>
			<plugin>
				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
				<version>3.1.1</version>
			</plugin>
		</plugins>
	</build>
</project>

经过手动找到项目的myMVC文件夹

放至tomcat/webapps才部署成功

为什么pom里部署到本机tomcat，webapps却没有呢
我刚入门，求大佬解惑，感谢！