--- title: "'Oh no, we won't keep it!' they all cried; and then they seized the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "'Oh no, we won't keep it!' they all cried; and then they seized the skewer, which I gave up to them, and danced with it to the spot where the delicate moss grew, and set it up in the middle of the green. Who acts: we, people, skewer, delicate moss. 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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 (we, people, skewer, delicate moss), 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:pg27200:179:32 # text = "'Oh no, we won't keep it!' they all cried; and then they seized the skewer, which I gave up to them, and danced with it to the spot where the delicate moss grew, and set it up in the middle of the green. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ _ 4 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 advmod _ _ 15 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 skewer skewer NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 delicate delicate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 moss moss NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 up up ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 green green NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **keep** *in a quote* | future | we | skewer | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | people | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **seize** *in a quote* | past | people | the skewer | | | then | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skewer=Theme | | 4 | **give up** *in a quote* | past | the skewer | | people | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient | | 5 | **dance** *in a quote* | past | people *not said here* | | | the spot | | with skewer | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme to spot=Trajectory | | 6 | **grow** *in a quote* | past | the delicate moss | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **set up** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* | skewer | | the middle of the green | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in middle=Destination | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/179/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/179/33/) - ↑ back to [What the First Little Mouse Saw and Heard on Her Travels](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/179/)