--- title: One evening an ant lost herself on this tree; she had crept up the s… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: One evening an ant lost herself on this tree; she had crept up the stem, not nearly to the top, but higher than any ant had ever ventured; and when at last she returned home she said that she had found something in her travels much higher than the ant-hill. Who acts: ant, working. 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C. Andersen, What the Second Mouse Had to Tell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ant, working), 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:pg27200:180:26 # text = One evening an ant lost herself on this tree; she had crept up the stem, not nearly to the top, but higher than any ant had ever ventured; and when at last she returned home she said that she had found something in her travels much higher than the ant-hill. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ant ant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 crept creep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 stem stem NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 19 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 parataxis _ _ 26 than than SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 28 ant ant NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 31 advmod _ _ 31 ventured venture VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 home home ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 ccomp _ _ 46 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 45 obj _ _ 47 in in SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 travels travel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 50 much much ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 49 xcomp _ _ 52 than than ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 54 ant ant NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | a ant | working | | this tree | evening | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Eventuality | | 2 | **creep up** | past · perfect | working | the stem and the top | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **venture** | past · perfect · passive | | any ant | | | ever | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **return** | past | working | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | working | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **find** | past · perfect | working | something | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic | | 7 | **travel** | present | working *not said here* | | | | | high *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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/27/) - ↑ back to [What the Second Mouse Had to Tell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/)