--- title: However, the mouse was used to it and only answered: “I think you ha… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, the mouse was used to it and only answered: “I think you had better stay here till it is done, and if there is any alteration needed I can make it.” Who acts: I, you, alteration. 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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 (I, you, alteration), 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:pg3282:16:111 # text = However, the mouse was used to it and only answered: “I think you had better stay here till it is done, and if there is any alteration needed I can make it.” 1 However however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 only only ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 18 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 xcomp _ _ 19 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 21 till till SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 30 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 31 det _ _ 31 alteration alteration NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 32 needed need VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past · passive | | the mouse | manner | | | however *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **stay** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | here | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | present · passive | | manner | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 7 | **need** *in a quote* | participle | any alteration *not said here* | I | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot i=Theme | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | can · present | any alteration | | | | | make *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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/112/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/)