--- title: Full of wrath he rushed at the mice, but he could no more come up wi… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Full of wrath he rushed at the mice, but he could no more come up with them than if they had been gnats, or birds of the air, save one only which lingered behind the rest, and this mouse Manawyddan came up with. Who acts: castle, mice, mouse. 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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 (castle, mice, mouse), 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:pg3454:35:70 # text = Full of wrath he rushed at the mice, but he could no more come up with them than if they had been gnats, or birds of the air, save one only which lingered behind the rest, and this mouse Manawyddan came up with. 1 Full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 advcl _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 no no ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 15 advmod _ _ 15 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 up up ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 19 than than ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 cop _ _ 24 gnats gnat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 or or CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 save save VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 obj _ _ 34 only only ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 lingered linger VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 behind behind ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 43 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 Manawyddan Manawyddan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 appos _ _ 45 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 46 up up ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rush** | past | castle | wrath *not said here* | | | | at the mice | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent wrath=Theme at mouse=Trajectory | | 2 | **come up** | could | castle | | | | | with mice *= mouse* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | mice *= mouse* | | | | | than gnats or birds of the air | tree rules | | 4 | **save** | infinitive | | one | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 5 | **linger** | past | | | | the rest | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind rest=Location | | 6 | **come up** | past | this mouse | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/35/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/35/71/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/35/)