--- title: But the mouse ran hither and thither, and danced and capered so pret… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the mouse ran hither and thither, and danced and capered so prettily, that at last the Queen gave it her last pea, which she was keeping for her supper, saying: ‘Here, little one, eat it up; I have nothing better to offer you, but I give this willingly in return for the amusement I have had from --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/45/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [The Little Good Mouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/) / 45 # The Red Fairy Book, The Little Good Mouse, sentence 45 But the mouse ran hither and thither, and danced and capered so prettily, that at last the Queen gave it her last pea, which she was keeping for her supper, saying: ‘Here, little one, eat it up; I have nothing better to offer you, but I give this willingly in return for the amusement I have had from you.’ **Who acts:** mouse, Queen, last pea, I · **What happens:** run, dance, caper, give, keep, say · **To what, where:** that, last, mouse, nothing, you, this · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (mouse, Queen, last pea, I), 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:pg540:22:45 # text = But the mouse ran hither and thither, and danced and capered so prettily, that at last the Queen gave it her last pea, which she was keeping for her supper, saying: ‘Here, little one, eat it up; I have nothing better to offer you, but I give this willingly in return for the amusement I have had from you.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 hither hither ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 thither thither ADV RB _ 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 capered caper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 prettily prettily ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 pea pea NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 parataxis _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 37 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 49 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 48 obj _ _ 50 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 49 amod _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 acl _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 but but CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 58 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 57 obj _ _ 59 willingly willingly ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 62 for for ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 amusement amusement NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ _ 65 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 64 acl:relcl _ _ 68 from from ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | the mouse | that | | last | | hither *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Trajectory | | 2 | **dance** | past | the mouse *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **caper** | past | the mouse *not said here* | | | | | prettily *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **give** | past | the Queen | mouse | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient pea=Theme | | 5 | **keep** | past · progressive | Queen's last pea | | | | | for Queen's supper | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Queen's last pea *not said here* | | | here | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **eat up** | infinitive | | mouse | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 8 | **have** | present | I | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 9 | **offer** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | you | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 10 | **give** | present | I | this | | return for the amusement | | willingly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Theme | | 11 | **have** | present · perfect | I | the amusement *not said here* | | | | from you | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amusement=Patient | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/46/) - ↑ back to [The Little Good Mouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/)