--- title: When the Mice heard what was happening, they were much distressed, f… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: When the Mice heard what was happening, they were much distressed, for they feared that if the enemy entered their country and destroyed their friend the King, they themselves would suffer considerable hardships under a strange ruler; so the King of the Mice set out again to visit the King of the co --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/23/) [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/) / 23 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 23 When the Mice heard what was happening, they were much distressed, for they feared that if the enemy entered their country and destroyed their friend the King, they themselves would suffer considerable hardships under a strange ruler; so the King of the Mice set out again to visit the King of the country, and when he reached the palace he demanded an interview with His Majesty. **Who acts:** Mice, enemy, King · **What happens:** hear, happen, distress, fear, enter, destroy · **To what, where:** Mice, country, friend, considerable hardships, strange ruler, King · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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, enemy, King), 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:pg75000:20:23 # text = When the Mice heard what was happening, they were much distressed, for they feared that if the enemy entered their country and destroyed their friend the King, they themselves would suffer considerable hardships under a strange ruler; so the King of the Mice set out again to visit the King of the country, and when he reached the palace he demanded an interview with His Majesty. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Mice Mouse PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 happening happen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 11 much much ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 distressed distress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 destroyed destroy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 31 nmod:unmarked _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 35 considerable considerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 hardships hardship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 under under ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ _ 48 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 49 out out ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 again again ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 advcl _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 60 when when SCONJ WRB _ 62 mark _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 advcl _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ _ 65 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 demanded demand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 67 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 interview interview NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 69 with with ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 71 Majesty Majesty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the Mice | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **happen** | past · progressive | | | | | | what *nsubj* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **distress** | past · passive | | Mice *= mouse* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 4 | **fear** | past | Mice *= mouse* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **enter** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the enemy | Mice's country | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme country=Destination | | 6 | **destroy** | past | the enemy *not said here* | Mice's friend | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient | | 7 | **suffer** | would | Mice *= mouse* | considerable hardships | | a strange ruler | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hardship=Stimulus | | 8 | **set out** | past | the King of the Mice | | | | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **visit** | to-infinitive | the King of the Mice *not said here* | the King of the country | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Co-Agent | | 10 | **reach** | past | King | the palace | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent palace=Theme | | 11 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | King | a interview | | | | with King's Majesty | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme interview=Precondition | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/24/) - ↑ back to [The Country of the Mice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/)