--- title: The corn which had been sowed in the field over the field-mouse’s ho… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The corn which had been sowed in the field over the field-mouse’s home grew up high into the air, and made a thick forest for the poor little girl, who was only an inch high. Who acts: corn, poor little girl. 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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 (corn, poor little girl), 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:pg640:47:195 # text = The corn which had been sowed in the field over the field-mouse’s home grew up high into the air, and made a thick forest for the poor little girl, who was only an inch high. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 3 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 sowed sow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 over over ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 17 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 high high ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 32 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 only only ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 inch inch NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 40 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sow** | past · perfect · passive | | the corn | | the field | | over the field mouse's home | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in field=Destination | | 2 | **grow up** | past | the corn | | | | | into the air *result*; high *property* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into air=Result | | 3 | **make** | past | the corn *not said here* | a thick forest | | | | for the poor little girl and a inch | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent forest=Product for girl=Beneficiary | | 4 | **is a** | past | the poor little girl and a inch | a inch | | | | | tree rules | 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:** «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 194](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/194/) - next →: [sentence 196](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/196/) - ↑ back to [The Witch in the Stone Boat(31)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/)