--- title: Then the King cried ‘Murder!’ and ‘Thieves!’ and all his guards ran… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the King cried ‘Murder!’ and ‘Thieves!’ and all his guards ran to see what was the matter, but they could find nothing and nobody, for the little mouse had run off to the Prince’s room and was serving him in exactly the same way. Who acts: King, guards. 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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 (King, guards), 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:pg540:22:176 # text = Then the King cried ‘Murder!’ and ‘Thieves!’ and all his guards ran to see what was the matter, but they could find nothing and nobody, for the little mouse had run off to the Prince’s room and was serving him in exactly the same way. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Murder murder NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Thieves thief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 obj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 30 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 29 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 40 off off ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’s 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 serving serve VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 conj _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 51 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the King | Murder and Thieves | | | then | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent murder=Topic | | 2 | **run** | past | head's guards | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | head's guards *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 4 | **find** | could | King | nothing | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 5 | **run off** | past · perfect | King *not said here* | | | | | for the little mouse; to the Prince's room *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to room=Result | | 6 | **serve** | past · progressive | King *not said here* | head | | the same way | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Value in way=Location | 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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 175](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/175/) - next →: [sentence 177](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/177/) - ↑ back to [The Little Good Mouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/)