--- title: The field-mice sing an old carol about standing in the cold and snow… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 4: Dulc… · tree and pragmatics description: The field-mice sing an old carol about standing in the cold and snow, about Joseph and Mary finding a stable, and about the animals in the stable being the first to cry «Nowell!» As they finish, far-off church bells ring out above. Who acts: field mice, old carol, Joseph, animals. 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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 (field mice, old carol, Joseph, animals), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:044-willows-ch5-part4-the-carol-and-a-happy-homecoming.lesson:0 # text = The field-mice sing an old carol about standing in the cold and snow, about Joseph and Mary finding a stable, and about the animals in the stable being the first to cry «Nowell!» As they finish, far-off church bells ring out above. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 044-willows-ch5-part4-the-carol-and-a-happy-homecoming.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ _ 4 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=5:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 5 sing sing VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 carol carol NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 about about SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 about about SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 Mary Mary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 21 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 26 about about ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 cop _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 21 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 37 « « PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=38:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 38 Nowell Nowell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 39 ! ! PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ 40 » » NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 41 As as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 finish finish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=36:advcl 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 45 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 49 advmod _ _ 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ _ 47 off off NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 50 ring ring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 51 out out ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 52 above above ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | the field mice | a old carol | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location carol=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | gerund | a old carol *not said here* | | | the cold and snow | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cold=Location | | 3 | **find** | gerund | Joseph and Mary | a stable | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stable=Topic | | 4 | **is** | gerund | the animals in the stable | | | | | first *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | the animals in the stable *not said here* | Nowell » | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent »=Topic | | 6 | **finish** | present | animals *= animal* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **ring out** | present | church bells | | | | | above *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:books:044-willows-ch5-part4-the-carol-and-a-happy-homecoming.lesson:0`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. 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