--- title: On the following evening he marshalled all the full-grown Mice of hi… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: On the following evening he marshalled all the full-grown Mice of his kingdom, and about dusk, he led down a large army numbering several hundreds of thousands to the edge of the river, where he found the sticks all laid out as had been arranged with the King. Who acts: King, sticks. 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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, sticks), 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:pg75000:20:46 # text = On the following evening he marshalled all the full-grown Mice of his kingdom, and about dusk, he led down a large army numbering several hundreds of thousands to the edge of the river, where he found the sticks all laid out as had been arranged with the King. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 marshalled marshall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 amod _ _ 12 Mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 about about ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 dusk dusk NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 23 down down ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 numbering number VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 advcl _ _ 28 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 41 advmod _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 44 all all ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ _ 46 out out ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 arranged arrange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 advcl _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **marshall** | past | King | all grown Mice of King's kingdom | | | evening | | tree rules | | 3 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **lead down** | past | King | a large army | | | dusk | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Theme | | 5 | **number** | gerund | King *not said here* | several hundreds of thousands | | | | to the edge of the river | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hundred=Theme | | 6 | **find** | past | King | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **lay out** | past | the sticks | | | | | all *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **arrange** | past · perfect · passive | the sticks *not said here* | | | | | with the King | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: with king=Instrument | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/47/) - ↑ back to [The Country of the Mice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/)