Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 2, sentence 23

The little mermaid swam out farther from the shore and placed herself between some high rocks that rose out of the water; then she covered her head and neck with the foam of the sea so that her little face might not be seen, and watched to see what would become of the poor prince.

Who acts: little mermaid, high rocks, mermaid · What happens: swim, place, rise, cover, not see, watch · To what, where: mermaid, high rocks, water, head, little face · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little mermaid, high rocks, mermaid), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mermaid	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mermaid	amod
3	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swam	nsubj
4	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADV	_	6 farther	advmod
6	farther	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 swam	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 shore	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shore	det
9	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 farther	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 placed	cc
11	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swam	conj
12	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 placed	obj
13	between	between	ADP	_	16 rocks	case
14	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	16 rocks	det
15	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 rocks	amod
16	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 placed	obl
17	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 rose	nsubj
18	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 rocks	acl:relcl
19	out	out	ADP	_	22 water	case
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 water	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 water	det
22	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 rose	obl
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	26 covered	punct
24	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	26 covered	advmod
25	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 covered	nsubj
26	covered	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swam	conj
27	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 head	nmod:poss
28	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 covered	obj
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 neck	cc
30	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 head	conj
31	with	with	ADP	_	33 foam	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 foam	det
33	foam	foam	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 covered	obl
34	of	of	ADP	_	36 sea	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 sea	det
36	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 foam	nmod
37	so	so	SCONJ	_	45 seen	mark
38	that	that	SCONJ	_	45 seen	mark
39	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 face	nmod:poss
40	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 face	amod
41	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 seen	nsubj:pass
42	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	45 seen	aux
43	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	45 seen	advmod
44	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	45 seen	aux:pass
45	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 covered	advcl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 watched	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 watched	cc
48	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swam	conj
49	to	to	PART	_	50 see	mark
50	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 watched	xcomp
51	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	53 become	nsubj
52	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	53 become	aux
53	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 see	ccomp
54	of	of	ADP	_	57 prince	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 prince	det
56	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 prince	amod
57	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 become	obl
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 swam	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	past	the little mermaid				far property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	place	past	the little mermaid not said here	mermaid	some high rocks			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent herself=Theme between rock=Destination
3	rise	past	some high rocks		the water			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out water=Location
4	cover	past	mermaid	mermaid's head and neck		then	with the foam of the sea	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Destination with foam=Theme
5	not see	might · passive		mermaid's little face				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
6	watch	past	the little mermaid not said here					tree rules
7	see	to-infinitive	the little mermaid not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
8	become	would					of the poor prince	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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. 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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