--- title: So the King of the Mice decided that he would make a petition to the… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: So the King of the Mice decided that he would make a petition to the King of the country, to lend the Mice what grain they required on condition that they repaid the whole amount the following year. Who acts: King, 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, 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:pg75000:20:3 # text = So the King of the Mice decided that he would make a petition to the King of the country, to lend the Mice what grain they required on condition that they repaid the whole amount the following year. 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 petition petition NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 lend lend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 26 det _ _ 26 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 required require VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 repaid repay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 amount amount NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 amod _ _ 39 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | past | the King of the Mice | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **make** | would | King | a petition | | | | to the King of the country | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent petition=Product | | 3 | **lend** | to-infinitive | | what grain | the Mice | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Recipient grain=Theme | | 4 | **require** | past | Mice *= mouse* | what grain *not said here* | | condition | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme grain=Precondition | | 5 | **repay** | past | Mice *= mouse* | the whole amount | | | year | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent amount=Recipient | | 6 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/4/) - ↑ back to [The Country of the Mice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/)