--- title: The mouse scampered off across the courtyard, and the cat gave a vio… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The mouse scampered off across the courtyard, and the cat gave a violent start, and was on the point of pursuing it, when its training overcame its natural instincts, and it allowed the mouse to escape. Who acts: mouse, point, training, courtyard. 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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 (mouse, point, training, courtyard), 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:pg75000:7:121 # text = The mouse scampered off across the courtyard, and the cat gave a violent start, and was on the point of pursuing it, when its training overcame its natural instincts, and it allowed the mouse to escape. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 3 scampered scamper VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 across across ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 violent violent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 start start NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 22 of of SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 pursuing pursue VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 acl _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 27 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 training training NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 overcame overcome VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 30 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 instincts instinct NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 allowed allow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scamper off** | participle | | the mouse *not said here* | | the courtyard | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across courtyard=Trajectory | | 2 | **give** | past | the mouse | a violent start | | | | the cat *nsubj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent start=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | the point | | | tree rules | | 4 | **pursue** | gerund | the point *not said here* | courtyard | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **overcome** | past | courtyard's training | courtyard's natural instincts | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot instinct=Theme | | 6 | **allow** | past | courtyard | the mouse | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer mouse=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **escape** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the mouse *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **train** | | courtyard | | | | | | nom training «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/122/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/)