--- title: ‘Why,’ said the Queen, ‘there is only one mouse in this garret, and… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Why,’ said the Queen, ‘there is only one mouse in this garret, and that is such a dear, pretty little thing that I cannot bear to think of its being killed.’ Who acts: Queen, one mouse, that, I. 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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 (Queen, one mouse, that, 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:pg540:22:71 # text = ‘Why,’ said the Queen, ‘there is only one mouse in this garret, and that is such a dear, pretty little thing that I cannot bear to think of its being killed.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 11 expl _ _ 11 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 only only ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 garret garret NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 20 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 22 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 28 det:predet _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 24 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obj _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 of of SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Queen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **be** | present | one mouse | | | this garret; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garret=Location | | 3 | **is a** | present | that | such dear pretty little thing | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **bear** | can | I | such dear pretty little thing | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **kill** | gerund · passive | | mouse | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/72/) - ↑ back to [The Little Good Mouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/)