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title: When the ruler of the other country heard this message he considered… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: When the ruler of the other country heard this message he considered it wiser at once to make a treaty of peace, as he could not hope to defeat the warriors and wild beasts of a country whose Mice had shown such skill and courage. Who acts: ruler, King, Mice. A sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 59

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When the ruler of the other country heard this message he considered it wiser at once to make a treaty of peace, as he could not hope to defeat the warriors and wild beasts of a country whose Mice had shown such skill and courage.

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**Who acts:** ruler, King, Mice · **What happens:** hear, consider, make, not hope, defeat, show · **To what, where:** message, ruler, treaty, warriors, such skill

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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 (ruler, King, 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:pg75000:20:59
# text = When the ruler of the other country heard this message he considered it wiser at once to make a treaty of peace, as he could not hope to defeat the warriors and wild beasts of a country whose Mice had shown such skill and courage.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	considered	consider	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	wiser	wise	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	xcomp	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	8	obl	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	treaty	treaty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
24	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
26	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
27	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	28	advmod	_	_
28	hope	hope	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	conj	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	defeat	defeat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	xcomp	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obj	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	conj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
39	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	Mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	nsubj	_	_
41	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
42	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	38	acl:relcl	_	_
43	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | the ruler of the other country | this message |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer message=Stimulus |
| 2 | **consider** | past | King | ruler |  |  |  | wise *property* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | the ruler of the other country *not said here* | a treaty of peace |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset treaty=Product |
| 4 | **not** **hope** | could | King |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 5 | **defeat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | the warriors and wild beasts of a country |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **show** | past · perfect | Mice | such skill and courage |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent skill=Recipient |

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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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