--- title: "Now this raised in me an interest for the prisoner," continued the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Now this raised in me an interest for the prisoner," continued the little mouse, "and I watched my opportunity, and slipped into his apartment, for there is a mouse-hole to be found behind every closed door. Who acts: affair, mouse hole. 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C. Andersen, What the Fourth Mouse, Who Spoke Before the Third, 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 (affair, mouse hole), 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:pg27200:181:6 # text = "Now this raised in me an interest for the prisoner," continued the little mouse, "and I watched my opportunity, and slipped into his apartment, for there is a mouse-hole to be found behind every closed door. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 14 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 slipped slip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 apartment apartment NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 34 expl _ _ 34 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 42 behind behind ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 44 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 amod _ _ 45 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **raise** *in a quote* | participle · passive | | this | | | now | in affair | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme interest=Destination | | 2 | **continue** | past | | the little mouse | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **watch** *in a quote* | past | affair | my opportunity | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme | | 4 | **slip** *in a quote* | past | | | | mouse's apartment | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a mouse hole | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **find** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | a mouse hole *not said here* | | | every closed door | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF» | | 7 | **close** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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. 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