--- title: She then went to look into her mouse-trap, where she found six mice… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: She then went to look into her mouse-trap, where she found six mice all alive, and ordered Cinderilla to lift up a little the trap-door, when giving each mouse, as it went out, a little tap with her wand, the mouse was at that moment turned into a fair horse, which altogether made a very fine set of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/53/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/) / [Followed the King, Who Went Up First"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/) / 53 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Followed the King, Who Went Up First"\], sentence 53 She then went to look into her mouse-trap, where she found six mice all alive, and ordered Cinderilla to lift up a little the trap-door, when giving each mouse, as it went out, a little tap with her wand, the mouse was at that moment turned into a fair horse, which altogether made a very fine set of six horses of a beautiful mouse-coloured dapple-grey. **Who acts:** godmother, pumpkin, mouse, fair horse · **What happens:** go, look, find, order, lift up, give · **To what, where:** six mice, Cinderilla, little trap door, mouse, fine set This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Followed the King, Who Went Up First"\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (godmother, pumpkin, mouse, fair horse), 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:pg29021:11:53 # text = She then went to look into her mouse-trap, where she found six mice all alive, and ordered Cinderilla to lift up a little the trap-door, when giving each mouse, as it went out, a little tap with her wand, the mouse was at that moment turned into a fair horse, which altogether made a very fine set of six horses of a beautiful mouse-coloured dapple-grey. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 8 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 15 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 all all ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 22 Cinderilla Cinderilla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 when when SCONJ WRB _ 34 mark _ _ 34 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 35 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 36 det _ _ 36 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 41 out out ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 tap tap NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 53 at at ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 det _ _ 55 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 56 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 57 into into ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 64 nsubj _ _ 63 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 acl:relcl _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 66 very very ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 67 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 71 nummod _ _ 71 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nmod _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 73 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 74 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 amod _ _ 75 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 76 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 coloured coloured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 amod _ _ 78 dapple dapple NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 79 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 78 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 80 grey grey NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | godmother | | | | then | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | godmother *not said here* | | | | | into godmother's mouse trap | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into trap=Theme | | 3 | **find** | past | godmother | six mice | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Topic | | 4 | **order** | past | godmother *not said here* | | Cinderilla | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent cinderilla=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **lift up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | godmother *not said here* | the little trap door | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **give** | gerund | godmother *not said here* | each mouse | | | | a little tap with godmother's wand *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme | | 7 | **go out** | past | pumpkin | | | | | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | past | the mouse | | | | moment | into a fair horse; turn *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **make** | past | a fair horse | a fine set of six horses of a beautiful coloured dapple grey | | | | altogether *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset set=Product | 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 Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/54/) - ↑ back to [Followed the King, Who Went Up First"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/)