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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Come | punct |
| 2 | Come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 said | ccomp |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sister | punct |
| 4 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sister | amod |
| 5 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Come | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Come | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Come | punct |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 princesses | det |
| 10 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 princesses | amod |
| 11 | princesses | princess | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 said | obj |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 entwined | punct |
| 13 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 entwined | advmod |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 entwined | nsubj |
| 15 | entwined | entwine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | parataxis |
| 16 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 arms | nmod:poss |
| 17 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 entwined | obj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 rose | cc |
| 19 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 entwined | conj |
| 20 | up | up | ADP | _ | 19 rose | compound:prt |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 row | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 row | det |
| 23 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 row | amod |
| 24 | row | row | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 rose | obl |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 surface | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 surface | det |
| 27 | surface | surface | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 rose | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 water | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 water | det |
| 30 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 surface | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 close | punct |
| 32 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 surface | acl:relcl |
| 33 | by | by | ADP | _ | 35 spot | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 spot | det |
| 35 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 close | obl |
| 36 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 38 knew | advmod |
| 37 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 knew | nsubj |
| 38 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 spot | acl:relcl |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 prince | det |
| 40 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 palace | nmod:poss |
| 41 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 40 prince | case |
| 42 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 stood | nsubj |
| 43 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 knew | ccomp |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in a quote | infinitive | little sister | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the other princesses | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | entwine | past | princesses = princess | princesses's arms | then | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient | |||
| 4 | rise up | past | princesses = princess not said here | a long row | to the surface of the water | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in row=Location | |||
| 5 | know | past | princesses = princess | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | stand | past | the prince's palace | vn 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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