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title: After this the Mice were very careful not to put any further trust i… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: After this the Mice were very careful not to put any further trust in the treacherous Cat, who soon after died of starvation owing to her being unable to procure any of her customary food; whilst Rambé and Ambé lived for many years, and were held in high honour and esteem by all the other Mice in th
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Cat and the Mice., sentence 35

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After this the Mice were very careful not to put any further trust in the treacherous Cat, who soon after died of starvation owing to her being unable to procure any of her customary food; whilst Rambé and Ambé lived for many years, and were held in high honour and esteem by all the other Mice in the community.

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**Who acts:** Mice, treacherous Cat, starvation, Rambé, other Mice · **What happens:** be, not put, die, owe, procure, live · **To what, where:** further trust, any, high honour

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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 (Mice, treacherous Cat, starvation, Rambé), 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:pg75000:6:35
# text = After this the Mice were very careful not to put any further trust in the treacherous Cat, who soon after died of starvation owing to her being unable to procure any of her customary food; whilst Rambé and Ambé lived for many years, and were held in high honour and esteem by all the other Mice in the community.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
12	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	treacherous	treacherous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	22	nsubj	_	_
20	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	22	advmod	_	_
21	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
22	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	starvation	starvation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
25	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	24	acl	_	_
26	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
28	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	29	cop	_	_
29	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	ccomp	_	_
30	to	to	PART	TO	_	31	mark	_	_
31	procure	procure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	xcomp	_	_
32	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	31	obj	_	_
33	of	of	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	customary	customary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
36	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
38	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
39	Rambé	Rambé	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	Ambé	Ambé	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	conj	_	_
42	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
43	for	for	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
48	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux:pass	_	_
49	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
50	in	in	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
54	esteem	esteem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	conj	_	_
55	by	by	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
56	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	59	det:predet	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
58	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	Mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	obl	_	_
60	in	in	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	community	community	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Mice after this |  |  |  |  | careful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **put** | to-infinitive | the Mice after this *not said here* | any further trust |  |  |  | in the treacherous Cat | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent trust=Theme in cat=Destination |
| 3 | **die** | past | the treacherous Cat |  |  |  |  | of starvation; soon *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of starvation=Causer |
| 4 | **owe** | gerund | starvation *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** | gerund | starvation *not said here* |  |  |  |  | Cat *nmod:poss*; unable *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **procure** | to-infinitive | starvation *not said here* | any of Cat's customary food |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Theme |
| 7 | **live** | past | Rambé and Ambé |  |  |  | year |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **hold** | past · passive | all other Mice in the community |  |  | high honour and esteem |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in honour=Location |

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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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