--- title: So the King agreed to present the Mice with one of his great granari… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: So the King agreed to present the Mice with one of his great granaries full of barley, and he ordered his officers to throw open the doors, and to let the Mice carry away as much as they wanted. Who acts: King, officers, Mice. 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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 (King, officers, Mice), 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:pg75000:20:18 # text = So the King agreed to present the Mice with one of his great granaries full of barley, and he ordered his officers to throw open the doors, and to let the Mice carry away as much as they wanted. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 present present VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 granaries granary NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 15 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 26 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 carry carry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 36 away away ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 as as ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 obj _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | the King | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **present** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | | the Mice | | | with one of King's great granaries | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent mouse=Recipient with one=Theme | | 3 | **order** | past | King | King's officers | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent officer=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **throw** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King's officers *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **open** | infinitive | King's officers *not said here* | the doors | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 6 | **let** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **carry away** | present | the Mice | much | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme | | 8 | **want** | past | Mice *= mouse* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/19/) - ↑ back to [The Country of the Mice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/)