--- title: Each mouse climbed up a straw till it bent down with its weight, and… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Each mouse climbed up a straw till it bent down with its weight, and then it bit off one of the ears, and carried it away, and there was not one of the straws that had not got a mouse to it. Who acts: mouse, straw. 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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 (mouse, straw), 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:pg3454:35:69 # text = Each mouse climbed up a straw till it bent down with its weight, and then it bit off one of the ears, and carried it away, and there was not one of the straws that had not got a mouse to it. 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 till till SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 bent bend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 down down ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 bit bite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 19 off off ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 away away ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 32 expl _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 straws straw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obl _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb up** | past | each mouse | a straw | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location straw=Theme | | 2 | **bend down** | past | straw | | | | | with straw's weight; down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bite off** | past | straw | one of the ears | | | then | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 4 | **carry away** | past | | straw | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **not** **is a** | past | | one | | | | of the straws | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **get** | past · perfect | | the straws | straw | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mouse=Stimulus | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/35/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/35/70/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/35/)