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title: What, then, was her amazement and disgust when she found that on the… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: What, then, was her amazement and disgust when she found that on the following morning the very same arrangement had been made, and that Rambé called to Ambé, and Ambé answered Rambé until all the Mice had passed her by, and so, for the second time, she was foiled of her meal. Who acts: Cat, Rambé, 
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Cat and the Mice., sentence 26

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What, then, was her amazement and disgust when she found that on the following morning the very same arrangement had been made, and that Rambé called to Ambé, and Ambé answered Rambé until all the Mice had passed her by, and so, for the second time, she was foiled of her meal.

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**Who acts:** Cat, Rambé, Ambé · **What happens:** be, find, follow, make, call, answer · **To what, where:** amazement, same arrangement, Ambé, Rambé, Mice, Cat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Cat and 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 (Cat, Rambé, Ambé), 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:pg75000:6:26
# text = What, then, was her amazement and disgust when she found that on the following morning the very same arrangement had been made, and that Rambé called to Ambé, and Ambé answered Rambé until all the Mice had passed her by, and so, for the second time, she was foiled of her meal.
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	amazement	amazement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	disgust	disgust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	amod	_	_
17	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
19	very	very	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
27	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
28	Rambé	Rambé	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
29	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	parataxis	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	Ambé	Ambé	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	Ambé	Ambé	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
35	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	conj	_	_
36	Rambé	Rambé	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
37	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
38	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	40	det:predet	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	Mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	nsubj:pass	_	_
41	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
42	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	ccomp	_	_
43	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	obj	_	_
44	by	by	ADP	IN	_	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	so	so	ADV	RB	_	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
49	for	for	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
51	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	52	amod	_	_
52	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
54	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj:pass	_	_
55	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	aux:pass	_	_
56	foiled	foil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	conj	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	59	nmod:poss	_	_
59	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Cat's amazement and disgust |  |  |  | What *nsubj*; Cat *nmod:poss*; disgust *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | past | Cat |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **make** | past · perfect · passive |  | the same arrangement |  |  | morning |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 5 | **call** | past | Rambé |  | Ambé |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to ambé=Recipient |
| 6 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Ambé |  | Rambé |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **pass** | past · perfect · passive |  | all Mice |  |  |  | Cat *obj* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient she=Theme |
| 8 | **foil** | past · passive |  | Cat |  |  | time | of Cat's meal | tree rules |

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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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