--- title: Next night two more Mice came, and on Sunday two Rats even; but they… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Next night two more Mice came, and on Sunday two Rats even; but they said the stories were not interesting, which vexed the little Mice; and they, too, now began to think them not so very amusing either. Who acts: two more Mice, Rats, stories. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two more Mice, Rats, stories), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg1597:10:174 # text = Next night two more Mice came, and on Sunday two Rats even; but they said the stories were not interesting, which vexed the little Mice; and they, too, now began to think them not so very amusing either. 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 Mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 Sunday Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 11 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 Rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 13 even even ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 interesting interesting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 vexed vex VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 Mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 too too ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 36 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 very very ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 amusing amusing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 ccomp _ _ 44 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | two more Mice | | | Sunday two Rats | night | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rat=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Rats *= rat* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | the stories | | | | | interesting *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **vex** | past | | the little Mice | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mouse=Experiencer | | 5 | **begin** | past | Rats *= rat* | | | | now | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Rats *= rat* *not said here* | Rats *= rat* | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Theme | 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:** «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 1597 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 173](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/10/173/) - next →: [sentence 175](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/10/175/) - ↑ back to [The Fir Tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/10/)