--- title: Finding that she was about to be delivered of a child, the Mouse pra… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Finding that she was about to be delivered of a child, the Mouse prayed to the gods that her offspring might be very strong; and when the child was born it appeared in the form of a young Tiger. Who acts: Mouse, offspring, it. 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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 (Mouse, offspring, it), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75000:13:2 # text = Finding that she was about to be delivered of a child, the Mouse prayed to the gods that her offspring might be very strong; and when the child was born it appeared in the form of a young Tiger. 1 Finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Mouse Mouse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 offspring offspring NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 22 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 cop _ _ 24 very very ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 Tiger Tiger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | gerund | the Mouse *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | Mouse | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **deliver** | to-infinitive · passive | Mouse *not said here* | | | | | of a child | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: of child=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **pray** | past | the Mouse | | | | | to the gods | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **is** | might | Mouse's offspring | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **bear** | past · passive | | the child | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **appear** | past | it | | | the form of a young Tiger | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in form=Location | | 8 | **form** | | | a young Tiger | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=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:** «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/3/) - ↑ back to [The Mouse’s Three Children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/)