Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 2, sentence 85
The little mermaid was so alarmed at what she saw, that she stood still, and her heart beat with fear, and she was very nearly turning back; but she thought of the prince, and of the human soul for which she longed, and her courage returned.
Who acts: mermaid, courage · What happens: alarm, see, stand, turn back, think, long · To what, where: little mermaid, heart beat
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 (mermaid, courage), 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 | 6 alarmed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 alarmed | aux:pass |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 alarmed | advmod |
| 6 | alarmed | alarm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 what | case |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 alarmed | obl |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 saw | nsubj |
| 10 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 what | acl:relcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 stood | punct |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 stood | mark |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 stood | nsubj |
| 14 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 saw | conj |
| 15 | still | still | ADV | _ | 14 stood | advmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 beat | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 beat | cc |
| 18 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 beat | nmod:poss |
| 19 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 beat | compound |
| 20 | beat | beat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 stood | obl |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 fear | case |
| 22 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 beat | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 turning | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 turning | cc |
| 25 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 turning | nsubj |
| 26 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 turning | aux |
| 27 | very | very | ADV | _ | 28 nearly | advmod |
| 28 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 29 turning | advmod |
| 29 | turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 stood | advcl |
| 30 | back | back | ADV | _ | 29 turning | advmod |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 thought | punct |
| 32 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 34 thought | cc |
| 33 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 thought | nsubj |
| 34 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 alarmed | parataxis |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 prince | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 prince | det |
| 37 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 thought | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 longed | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 longed | cc |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 soul | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 soul | det |
| 42 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 soul | amod |
| 43 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 longed | obl |
| 44 | for | for | ADP | _ | 45 which | case |
| 45 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 47 longed | obl |
| 46 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 longed | nsubj |
| 47 | longed | long | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 thought | conj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 returned | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 returned | cc |
| 50 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 courage | nmod:poss |
| 51 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 returned | nsubj |
| 52 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 thought | conj |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 alarmed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | alarm | past · passive | the little mermaid | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | see | past | mermaid | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | stand | past | mermaid | mermaid's heart beat with fear | still | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 4 | turn back | past · progressive | mermaid | nearly property | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | think speech: other | past | mermaid | of the prince | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | long | past | mermaid | of the human soul | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for which=Theme | ||||
| 7 | return | past | mermaid's courage | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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