--- title: “Do you remember, Oh King!” replied the Mouse, “that on the last occ… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “Do you remember, Oh King!” replied the Mouse, “that on the last occasion I was here you doubted our ability to carry away the grain you had given us, or to repay you the loan? Who acts: you, Mouse, that. 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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 (you, Mouse, that), 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:pg75000:20:31 # text = “Do you remember, Oh King!” replied the Mouse, “that on the last occasion I was here you doubted our ability to carry away the grain you had given us, or to repay you the loan? 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 10 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 nsubj _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 doubted doubt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 25 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 ability ability NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl _ _ 29 away away ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 35 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 repay repay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 loan loan NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | King | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent king=Theme | | 2 | **reply** *speech: express* | past | the Mouse | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the Mouse *= mouse* | the last occasion *not said here* | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **doubt** *in a quote* | past | that | our ability | | the last occasion | | you *nsubj* | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ability=Theme | | 5 | **carry away** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | that *not said here* | the grain | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Theme | | 6 | **give** *in a quote* | past · perfect | you | the grain *not said here* | us | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 7 | **repay** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | that *not said here* | | you | | | the loan *obj* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient loan=Asset | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/32/) - ↑ back to [The Country of the Mice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/)