--- title: And, in accordance with the bargain they had made, he at once had a… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: And, in accordance with the bargain they had made, he at once had a strong embankment constructed all down his own side of the river to guard against floods, and he issued an edict forbidding all persons, on pain of death, to keep a cat of any kind henceforth within the frontiers of his country, and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/57/) [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/) / 57 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 57 And, in accordance with the bargain they had made, he at once had a strong embankment constructed all down his own side of the river to guard against floods, and he issued an edict forbidding all persons, on pain of death, to keep a cat of any kind henceforth within the frontiers of his country, and so the Mice lived securely and happily ever afterwards. **Who acts:** men, accordance, strong embankment, edict, Mice · **What happens:** make, have, construct, guard, issue, forbid · **To what, where:** bargain, edict, pain, persons, cat, death 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 (men, accordance, strong embankment, edict), 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:pg75000:20:57 # text = And, in accordance with the bargain they had made, he at once had a strong embankment constructed all down his own side of the river to guard against floods, and he issued an edict forbidding all persons, on pain of death, to keep a cat of any kind henceforth within the frontiers of his country, and so the Mice lived securely and happily ever afterwards. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 accordance accordance NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 15 obl _ _ 15 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 embankment embankment NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 constructed construct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 all all ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 21 down down ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 guard guard VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 30 against against ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 floods flood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 issued issue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 36 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 edict edict NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 forbidding forbid VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 acl _ _ 39 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 40 det _ _ 40 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 of of SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 53 det _ _ 53 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 acl _ _ 54 henceforth henceforth ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 55 within within ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 frontiers frontier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 63 so so ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 Mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 nsubj _ _ 66 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 67 securely securely ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 69 happily happily ADV RB _ 67 conj _ _ 70 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 71 advmod _ _ 71 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · perfect | men *= man* | the bargain *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bargain=Product | | 2 | **have** | past | accordance with the bargain | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **construct** | past | a strong embankment | | | | | down embankment's own side of the river | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **guard** | to-infinitive | a strong embankment *not said here* | | | | | against floods | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent against flood=Theme | | 5 | **issue** | past | accordance | a edict | | pain of death | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location edict=Theme | | 6 | **forbid** | gerund | a edict *not said here* | all persons | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer person=Theme | | 7 | **keep** | to-infinitive | accordance *not said here* | a cat | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme | | 8 | **live** | past | the Mice | | | | ever | afterwards, securely *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **pain** | | | death | | | | | nom pain «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/58/) - ↑ back to [The Country of the Mice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/)