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Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 2, sentence 36

"Come, little sister," said the other princesses; then they entwined their arms and rose up in a long row to the surface of the water, close by the spot where they knew the prince's palace stood.

Who acts: other princesses, princesses, palace · What happens: come, say, entwine, rise up, know, stand · To what, where: little sister, arms, long row · 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 (other princesses, princesses, palace), 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

punctccomppunctamodoblpunctpunctdetamodobjpunctadvmodnsubjparataxisnmod:possobjccconjcompound:prtcasedetamodoblcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctacl:relclcasedetobladvmodnsubjacl:relcldetnmod:posscasensubjccomppunctroot"PUNCTComeVERB,PUNCTlittleADJsisterNOUN,PUNCT"PUNCTsaidVERBtheDETotherADJprincessesNOUN;PUNCTthenADVtheyPRONentwinedVERBtheirPRONarmsNOUNandCCONJroseVERBupADPinADPaDETlongADJrowNOUNtoADPtheDETsurfaceNOUNofADPtheDETwaterNOUN,PUNCTcloseADJbyADPtheDETspotNOUNwhereADVtheyPRONknewVERBtheDETprinceNOUN'sPARTpalaceNOUNstoodVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1""PUNCT_2 Comepunct
2ComecomeVERBVerbForm=Inf8 saidccomp
3,,PUNCT_5 sisterpunct
4littlelittleADJDegree=Pos5 sisteramod
5sistersisterNOUNNumber=Sing2 Comeobl
6,,PUNCT_2 Comepunct
7""PUNCT_2 Comepunct
8saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 princessesdet
10otherotherADJDegree=Pos11 princessesamod
11princessesprincessNOUNNumber=Plur8 saidobj
12;;PUNCT_15 entwinedpunct
13thenthenADVPronType=Dem15 entwinedadvmod
14theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs15 entwinednsubj
15entwinedentwineVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 saidparataxis
16theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs17 armsnmod:poss
17armsarmNOUNNumber=Plur15 entwinedobj
18andandCCONJ_19 rosecc
19roseriseVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 entwinedconj
20upupADP_19 rosecompound:prt
21ininADP_24 rowcase
22aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art24 rowdet
23longlongADJDegree=Pos24 rowamod
24rowrowNOUNNumber=Sing19 roseobl
25totoADP_27 surfacecase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 surfacedet
27surfacesurfaceNOUNNumber=Sing19 roseobl
28ofofADP_30 watercase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 waterdet
30waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing27 surfacenmod
31,,PUNCT_32 closepunct
32closecloseADJDegree=Pos27 surfaceacl:relcl
33bybyADP_35 spotcase
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 spotdet
35spotspotNOUNNumber=Sing32 closeobl
36wherewhereADVPronType=Rel38 knewadvmod
37theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs38 knewnsubj
38knewknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin35 spotacl:relcl
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 princedet
40princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing42 palacenmod:poss
41's'sPART_40 princecase
42palacepalaceNOUNNumber=Sing43 stoodnsubj
43stoodstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 knewccomp
44..PUNCT_8 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1come in a quoteinfinitivelittle sistervn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2say speech: assertpastthe other princessesvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3entwinepastprincesses = princessprincesses's armsthenvn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient
4rise uppastprincesses = princess not said herea long rowto the surface of the watervn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in row=Location
5knowpastprincesses = princessvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
6standpastthe prince's palacevn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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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