The pronoun I and the possessive adjective my are used in a chain which refers to the storyteller. The storyteller is 'outside' the recount but also one of the people taking part in the events. For this reason the I/my chain sometimes refers to the storyteller outside the recount and sometimes it helps keep track of the storyteller inside the recount. The I/my chain continues throughout the whole recount.

The pronouns we and us and the possessive adjective our are used in a chain to keep track of the three friends (Sophia, Lara and I). This chain also continues throughout the whole recount. Because the storyteller is one of the friends, the we/us/our chain is often linked to the I/my chain. When pronoun chains overlap in this way, the clauses of the recount are linked together even more effectively.

Different pronouns and possessive adjectives are used to keep track of other people and things as they are introduced into the recount, eg they, their, he, him, his, she, her, it, this. These words are usually in short chains inside the paragraph which is about the people or things which they are keeping track of.

The pronoun it is used to refer to a whole event, ie The dolphins pushed the trainers along with their noses. It was very sweet.