--- title: She said to the Mouse, ‘You must again be kind enough to look after… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She said to the Mouse, ‘You must again be kind enough to look after the house alone, for I have been asked a second time to stand godmother, and as this child has a white ring round its neck, I cannot refuse.’ Who acts: longing, You, child, 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 (longing, You, child, 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:pg640:3:26 # text = She said to the Mouse, ‘You must again be kind enough to look after the house alone, for I have been asked a second time to stand godmother, and as this child has a white ring round its neck, I cannot refuse.’ 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 9 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 again again ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 12 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 13 enough enough ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 16 after after ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 alone alone ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 28 amod _ _ 28 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl:unmarked _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ _ 31 godmother godmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 round round ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | longing | | the Mouse | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to mouse=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | must | You | | | | again | enough, kind *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **look** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | | | | after the house | alone *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · perfect · passive | | I | | | time | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 5 | **stand** | to-infinitive | | godmother | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer godmother=Stimulus | | 6 | **have** | present | this child | a white ring | | | | round child's neck | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Patient | | 7 | **not** **refuse** | can | I | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/3/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/3/27/) - ↑ back to [The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/3/)