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title: In accordance with instructions they had received, the Mice at once… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: In accordance with instructions they had received, the Mice at once proceeded to launch these sticks on the river, and they themselves embarked upon them two or three at a time; and so, pushing off from the bank, they sailed across the river and soon landed on the opposite side. Who acts: sticks, Mi
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 47

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In accordance with instructions they had received, the Mice at once proceeded to launch these sticks on the river, and they themselves embarked upon them two or three at a time; and so, pushing off from the bank, they sailed across the river and soon landed on the opposite side.

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**Who acts:** sticks, Mice · **What happens:** receive, proceed, launch, embark, push off, sail · **To what, where:** instructions, accordance, sticks, river, two, opposite side

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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 (sticks, Mice), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75000:20:47
# text = In accordance with instructions they had received, the Mice at once proceeded to launch these sticks on the river, and they themselves embarked upon them two or three at a time; and so, pushing off from the bank, they sailed across the river and soon landed on the opposite side.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	accordance	accordance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	instructions	instruction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	10	nmod	_	_
13	proceeded	proceed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	launch	launch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	_
17	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
23	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
24	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	23	nmod:unmarked	_	_
25	embarked	embark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
26	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obl	_	_
28	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	25	obj	_	_
29	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	28	conj	_	_
31	at	at	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
38	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	36	advcl	_	_
39	off	off	ADP	RP	_	38	compound:prt	_	_
40	from	from	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
45	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	parataxis	_	_
46	across	across	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
50	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	51	advmod	_	_
51	landed	land	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	conj	_	_
52	on	on	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	opposite	opposite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | past · perfect | sticks *= stick* | instructions *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme |
| 2 | **proceed** | past | the Mice |  |  | accordance with instructions |  |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **launch** | to-infinitive | the Mice *not said here* | this sticks |  | the river |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stick=Theme on river=Destination |
| 4 | **embark** | past | Mice *= mouse* | two |  |  |  | upon sticks *= stick* | tree rules |
| 5 | **push off** | gerund | the Mice *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from the bank | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from bank=Co-Patient |
| 6 | **sail** | past | sticks *= stick* |  |  | the river |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across river=Trajectory |
| 7 | **land** | past | sticks *= stick* *not said here* |  |  | the opposite side |  | soon *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on side=Destination |

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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.

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**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.

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