--- title: I kept with my own kind, and associated with the forest and field mi… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I kept with my own kind, and associated with the forest and field mice, who, however, knew very little, especially about what I wanted to know, and which had actually made me travel abroad. Who acts: I, field mice, me. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, What the First Little Mouse Saw and Heard on Her Travels. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, field mice, me), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg27200:179:14 # text = I kept with my own kind, and associated with the forest and field mice, who, however, knew very little, especially about what I wanted to know, and which had actually made me travel abroad. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 associated associate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 however however ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 22 very very ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 especially especially ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 about about ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 parataxis _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 actually actually ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | I | | | | | with my own kind | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **associate** | participle | I *not said here* | | | | | with the forest and field mice | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with forest=Co-Patient | | 3 | **know** | past | field mice | little | | | | however *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer little=Stimulus | | 4 | **want** | past | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | me | | | | actually *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **travel** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | abroad *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «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. **Text:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/179/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/179/15/) - ↑ back to [What the First Little Mouse Saw and Heard on Her Travels](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/179/)