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title: That very same night, as soon as the wicked King had gone to bed, th… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: That very same night, as soon as the wicked King had gone to bed, the Fairy changed herself into the little mouse, and creeping up on to his pillow nibbled his ear, so that he squealed out quite loudly and turned over on his other side; but that was no good, for the little mouse only set to work and
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# The Red Fairy Book, The Little Good Mouse, sentence 175

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That very same night, as soon as the wicked King had gone to bed, the Fairy changed herself into the little mouse, and creeping up on to his pillow nibbled his ear, so that he squealed out quite loudly and turned over on his other side; but that was no good, for the little mouse only set to work and gnawed away at the second ear until it hurt more than the first one.

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**Who acts:** wicked King, Fairy, creeping, head, that, ear · **What happens:** go, change, creep up, nibble, squeal out, turn over · **To what, where:** bed, fairy, pillow, ear, other side

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This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Little Good Mouse. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wicked King, Fairy, creeping, head), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg540:22:175
# text = That very same night, as soon as the wicked King had gone to bed, the Fairy changed herself into the little mouse, and creeping up on to his pillow nibbled his ear, so that he squealed out quite loudly and turned over on his other side; but that was no good, for the little mouse only set to work and gnawed away at the second ear until it hurt more than the first one.
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
20	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	19	obj	_	_
21	into	into	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
27	creeping	creep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	33	csubj	_	_
28	up	up	ADP	RP	_	27	compound:prt	_	_
29	on	on	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	fixed	_	_
31	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	pillow	pillow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
33	nibbled	nibble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	_
34	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
37	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	40	mark	_	_
38	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	37	fixed	_	_
39	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
40	squealed	squeal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	conj	_	_
41	out	out	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
42	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
43	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	conj	_	_
46	over	over	ADP	RP	_	45	compound:prt	_	_
47	on	on	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
48	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
49	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
52	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
53	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	56	nsubj	_	_
54	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	cop	_	_
55	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	56	det	_	_
56	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
58	for	for	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
60	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	amod	_	_
61	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	parataxis	_	_
62	only	only	ADV	RB	_	63	advmod	_	_
63	set	set	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	amod	_	_
64	to	to	PART	TO	_	65	mark	_	_
65	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	63	xcomp	_	_
66	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
67	gnawed	gnaw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	63	conj	_	_
68	away	away	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	_
69	at	at	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
71	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	72	amod	_	_
72	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	obl	_	_
73	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	75	mark	_	_
74	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	75	nsubj	_	_
75	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
76	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	75	advmod	_	_
77	than	than	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
78	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	80	det	_	_
79	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	80	amod	_	_
80	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	76	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · perfect | the wicked King |  |  | bed | night | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **change** | past | the Fairy | fairy |  |  |  | into the little mouse *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent herself=Patient into mouse=Result |
| 3 | **creep up** | gerund |  |  |  | head's pillow |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on pillow=Trajectory |
| 4 | **nibble** | past | creeping | head's ear |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient |
| 5 | **squeal out** | past | head |  |  |  |  | loudly, out *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **turn over** | past | head *not said here* |  |  | head's other side |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **is** | past | that |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **work** | to-infinitive | that *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **gnaw away** | participle | that *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the second ear; away *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at ear=Patient |
| 10 | **hurt** | past | ear |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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