Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 1, sentence 39

When she came back, she had hundreds of things to talk about; but the most beautiful, she said, was to lie in the moonlight, on a sandbank, in the quiet sea, near the coast, and to gaze on a large town nearby, where the lights were twinkling like hundreds of stars; to listen to the sounds of the music, the noise of carriages, and the voices of human beings, and then to hear the merry bells peal out from the church steeples; and because she could not go near to all those wonderful things, she longed for them more than ever.

Who acts: turn, lights, merry bells, carriages · What happens: come back, have, talk about, say, be, gaze · To what, where: hundreds, moonlight, voices, church steeples, wonderful things · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (turn, lights, merry bells, carriages), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 came	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 had	advcl
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 came	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 had	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 things	case
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hundreds	nmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 talk	mark
12	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 things	acl
13	about	about	ADP	_	12 talk	obl
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 beautiful	punct
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 beautiful	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 beautiful	det
17	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	18 beautiful	advmod
18	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 had	parataxis
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 said	punct
20	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 said	nsubj
21	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 beautiful	parataxis
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 lie	punct
23	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 lie	cop
24	to	to	PART	_	25 lie	mark
25	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 said	ccomp
26	in	in	ADP	_	28 moonlight	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 moonlight	det
28	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 lie	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 sandbank	punct
30	on	on	ADP	_	32 sandbank	case
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 sandbank	det
32	sandbank	sandbank	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 lie	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 sea	punct
34	in	in	ADP	_	37 sea	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 sea	det
36	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 sea	amod
37	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 lie	conj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 coast	punct
39	near	near	ADP	_	41 coast	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 coast	det
41	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 lie	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 gaze	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 gaze	cc
44	to	to	PART	_	45 gaze	mark
45	gaze	gaze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 said	conj
46	on	on	ADP	_	49 town	case
47	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	49 town	det
48	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 town	amod
49	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 gaze	obl
50	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	45 gaze	advmod
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 twinkling	punct
52	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	56 twinkling	advmod
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 lights	det
54	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 twinkling	nsubj
55	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 twinkling	aux
56	twinkling	twinkle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	45 gaze	advcl
57	like	like	ADP	_	58 hundreds	case
58	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 twinkling	obl
59	of	of	ADP	_	60 stars	case
60	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 hundreds	nmod
61	;	;	PUNCT	_	63 listen	punct
62	to	to	PART	_	63 listen	mark
63	listen	listen	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 had	parataxis
64	to	to	ADP	_	66 sounds	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 sounds	det
66	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 listen	obl
67	of	of	ADP	_	69 music	case
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 music	det
69	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 sounds	nmod
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 noise	punct
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 noise	det
72	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 music	conj
73	of	of	ADP	_	74 carriages	case
74	carriages	carriage	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 noise	nmod
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 voices	punct
76	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 voices	cc
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 voices	det
78	voices	voice	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 listen	obl
79	of	of	ADP	_	81 beings	case
80	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	81 beings	amod
81	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	78 voices	nmod
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 hear	punct
83	and	and	CCONJ	_	86 hear	cc
84	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	86 hear	advmod
85	to	to	PART	_	86 hear	mark
86	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	63 listen	conj
87	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	89 bells	det
88	merry	merry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	89 bells	amod
89	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	90 peal	nsubj
90	peal	peal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	86 hear	ccomp
91	out	out	ADP	_	90 peal	compound:prt
92	from	from	ADP	_	95 steeples	case
93	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	95 steeples	det
94	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 steeples	compound
95	steeples	steeple	NOUN	Number=Plur	90 peal	obl
96	;	;	PUNCT	_	102 go	punct
97	and	and	CCONJ	_	102 go	cc
98	because	because	SCONJ	_	102 go	mark
99	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	102 go	nsubj
100	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	102 go	aux
101	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	102 go	advmod
102	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	63 listen	conj
103	near	near	ADV	_	102 go	advmod
104	to	to	ADP	_	108 things	case
105	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	108 things	det:predet
106	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	108 things	det
107	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	108 things	amod
108	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	102 go	obl
109	,	,	PUNCT	_	111 longed	punct
110	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	111 longed	nsubj
111	longed	long	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 had	conj
112	for	for	ADP	_	113 them	case
113	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	111 longed	obl
114	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	111 longed	advmod
115	than	than	ADP	_	116 ever	case
116	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	114 more	obl
117	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come back	past	turn					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	past	turn	hundreds of things				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hundred=Patient
3	talk about	to-infinitive	turn not said here					vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	say speech: assert	past	turn					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	is	past			the moonlight		on a sandbank; near the coast; lie property	tree rules
6	gaze	to-infinitive	turn not said here				on a large town; nearby property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on town=Theme
7	twinkle	past · progressive	the lights				like hundreds of stars	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	listen	to-infinitive		the voices of human beings			to the sounds of the music and the noise of carriages	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to sound=Theme
9	hear	to-infinitive				then		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
10	peal out	present	the merry bells		the church steeples			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	not go	could	turn		all wonderful things		near property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to thing=Initial_Location
12	long	past	turn				for bells = bell	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for they=Theme
13	noise		carriages					nom noise «event intransitive»: of=agent

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.

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