--- title: That night the King of the Mice summoned all his subjects together,… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: That night the King of the Mice summoned all his subjects together, and to the number of many hundreds of thousands they invaded the barn, and each one picked up as much grain as he could carry in his mouth, on his back, and curled up in his tail, and when they had all finished the barn was empty, a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/19/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Folk tales from Tibet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/) / [The Country of the Mice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/) / 19 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 19 That night the King of the Mice summoned all his subjects together, and to the number of many hundreds of thousands they invaded the barn, and each one picked up as much grain as he could carry in his mouth, on his back, and curled up in his tail, and when they had all finished the barn was empty, and not a single grain of barley was left. **Who acts:** Mice, one, King, barn · **What happens:** summon, invade, pick up, carry, curl up, finish · **To what, where:** subjects, barn, much grain, mouth, tail, single grain This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Country of the Mice.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mice, one, King, barn), 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:pg75000:20:19 # text = That night the King of the Mice summoned all his subjects together, and to the number of many hundreds of thousands they invaded the barn, and each one picked up as much grain as he could carry in his mouth, on his back, and curled up in his tail, and when they had all finished the barn was empty, and not a single grain of barley was left. 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 summoned summon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 together together ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 invaded invade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 barn barn NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 30 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 as as ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 curled curl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 50 up up ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 56 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 60 advmod _ _ 57 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 58 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 all all ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 parataxis _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 barn barn NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 63 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 cop _ _ 64 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 67 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 70 advmod _ _ 68 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 69 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nsubj:pass _ _ 71 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nmod _ _ 73 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 aux:pass _ _ 74 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **summon** | past | the Mice | King's subjects | | | night | together *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | | 2 | **invade** | past | Mice *= mouse* | the barn | | | | to the number of many hundreds of thousands | tree rules | | 3 | **pick up** | participle | each one | much grain | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Topic | | 4 | **carry** | could | King | | | King's mouth | | on King's back | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in mouth=Location | | 5 | **curl up** | participle | | | | King's tail | | | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **finish** | past · perfect | Mice *= mouse* | | | | | all *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **is** | past | the barn | | | | | empty *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **leave** | past · passive | | a single grain of barley | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «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:** «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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/20/) - ↑ back to [The Country of the Mice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/)