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title: So the two countries remained on friendly terms for many years after… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: So the two countries remained on friendly terms for many years after; and the Mice, secured against flood and Cats, lived happily and safely, and received every year from the King of the country a barnful of grain as a free gift in thankful recognition of the services which they had rendered in time
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 60

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So the two countries remained on friendly terms for many years after; and the Mice, secured against flood and Cats, lived happily and safely, and received every year from the King of the country a barnful of grain as a free gift in thankful recognition of the services which they had rendered in time of need.

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**Who acts:** Mice, two countries · **What happens:** remain after, secure, live, receive, render, recognize · **To what, where:** two countries, friendly terms, services

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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 (Mice, two countries), 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:pg75000:20:60
# text = So the two countries remained on friendly terms for many years after; and the Mice, secured against flood and Cats, lived happily and safely, and received every year from the King of the country a barnful of grain as a free gift in thankful recognition of the services which they had rendered in time of need.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj	_	_
5	remained	remain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	secured	secure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
19	against	against	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	Cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
24	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
25	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	received	receive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
31	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	32	det	_	_
32	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
33	from	from	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	barnful	barnful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	appos	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	_
43	as	as	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	_
47	in	in	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	thankful	thankful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	recognition	recognition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nmod	_	_
53	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	56	nsubj:pass	_	_
54	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj:pass	_	_
55	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
56	rendered	render	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	52	acl:relcl	_	_
57	in	in	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	_
59	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	24	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain after** | participle |  | the two countries *not said here* |  | friendly terms | year |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on term=Location |
| 2 | **secure** | participle | the Mice | the two countries *not said here* |  |  |  | against flood and Cats | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition country=Theme |
| 3 | **live** | past | the two countries |  |  |  |  | happily *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **receive** | past | the two countries *not said here* |  |  |  | year | from the King of the country | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from king=Source |
| 5 | **render** | past · perfect · passive |  | the services |  |  | time | Mice *= mouse* *nsubj:pass* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 6 | **recognize** |  |  | the services |  |  |  |  | nom recognition «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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