--- title: By the time the straws were all plaited the little mouse had dragged… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: By the time the straws were all plaited the little mouse had dragged in more and more, until the Queen had plenty to make her basket, and she worked at it day and night, while the little mouse danced for her amusement; and at dinner and supper time the Queen gave it the three peas and the bit of bla --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/58/) [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/) / 58 # The Red Fairy Book, The Little Good Mouse, sentence 58 By the time the straws were all plaited the little mouse had dragged in more and more, until the Queen had plenty to make her basket, and she worked at it day and night, while the little mouse danced for her amusement; and at dinner and supper time the Queen gave it the three peas and the bit of black bread, and always found something good in the dish in their place. **Who acts:** Queen, plenty, little mouse · **What happens:** plait, drag, have, make, work, dance · **To what, where:** straws, little mouse, plenty, basket, dinner, something 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 (Queen, plenty, little 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:pg540:22:58 # text = By the time the straws were all plaited the little mouse had dragged in more and more, until the Queen had plenty to make her basket, and she worked at it day and night, while the little mouse danced for her amusement; and at dinner and supper time the Queen gave it the three peas and the bit of black bread, and always found something good in the dish in their place. 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 straws straw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 all all ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 plaited plait VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 dragged drag VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 13 obl _ _ 15 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 conj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 until until SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 23 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 worked work VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 while while SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 amusement amusement NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 48 at at ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 59 nummod _ _ 59 peas pea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obj _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 conj _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 68 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 69 advmod _ _ 69 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 conj _ _ 70 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 69 obj _ _ 71 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 72 in in ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ _ 75 in in ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 77 nmod:poss _ _ 77 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plait** | past · passive | | the straws | | | time | all *property* | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **drag** | past · perfect · passive | | the little mouse | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | the Queen | plenty | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | plenty *not said here* | Queen's basket | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset basket=Product | | 5 | **work** | past | Queen | | | | day | at basket | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | | 6 | **dance** | past | the little mouse | | | | | for Queen's amusement | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **give** | past | the Queen | basket | | dinner and supper time | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Recipient pea=Theme at dinner=Asset | | 8 | **find** | past | the Queen *not said here* | something | | the dish in straws's place | | always *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic | | 9 | **amuse** | | Queen | | | | | | nom amusement «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/59/) - ↑ back to [The Little Good Mouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/)