--- title: But she thought it was only an accident which had brought the two fr… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: But she thought it was only an accident which had brought the two friends, one in front and one in rear of the procession, and she hoped to make up for her enforced abstinence by finding a particularly fat Mouse at the end of the procession next morning. Who acts: Cat, number. 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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 (Cat, number), 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:pg75000:6:25 # text = But she thought it was only an accident which had brought the two friends, one in front and one in rear of the procession, and she hoped to make up for her enforced abstinence by finding a particularly fat Mouse at the end of the procession next morning. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 conj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 conj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 rear rear NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 procession procession NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 enforced enforce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 amod _ _ 36 abstinence abstinence NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 by by SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 particularly particularly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 Mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 procession procession NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Cat | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | number | a accident | | | | one in front *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | a accident | | | | the two friends *obj* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme friend=Destination | | 4 | **hope** | past | Cat | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **make up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Cat *not said here* | | | | | for Cat's enforced abstinence | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **enforce** | participle | | | | | | | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **find** | gerund | Cat *not said here* | a fat Mouse | | | at the end of the procession; morning | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme at end=Asset | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/6/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/6/26/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Cat and the Mice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/6/)