--- title: At this moment their conversation was interrupted by two mice, who,… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At this moment their conversation was interrupted by two mice, who, breathless from running, flung themselves headlong through the hole into the tree, nearly crushing the Grasshopper and the Cricket, though they got out of the way as fast as they could and stood up in a dark corner. 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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 (two mice, trees), 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:pg540:36:64 # text = At this moment their conversation was interrupted by two mice, who, breathless from running, flung themselves headlong through the hole into the tree, nearly crushing the Grasshopper and the Cricket, though they got out of the way as fast as they could and stood up in a dark corner. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 interrupted interrupt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 breathless breathless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 from from SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 19 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obj _ _ 20 headlong headlong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ _ 21 through through ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 crushing crush VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Grasshopper Grasshopper PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Cricket cricket NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 though though SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 39 out out ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 as as ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 50 up up ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **interrupt** | past · passive | two mice | trees's conversation | | | moment | | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | gerund | two mice *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fling** | past | two mice *not said here* | trees *= tree* | | the hole | | into the tree; headlong *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme through hole=Destination | | 4 | **crush** | gerund | two mice *not said here* | the Grasshopper and the Cricket | | | | nearly *property* | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grasshopper=Patient | | 5 | **get out** | past | trees *= tree* | | | | | of the way; fast, out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of way=Source | | 6 | **stand up** | past | trees *= tree* *not said here* | | | a dark corner | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location | | 7 | **converse** | | trees *= tree* | | | | | | nom conversation «communication intransitive»: 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/36/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/36/65/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Branch, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/36/)