Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 2, sentence 9

At one moment it was so pitch dark that she could not see a single object, but a flash of lightning revealed the whole scene; she could see every one who had been on board excepting the prince; when the ship parted, she had seen him sink into the deep waves, and she was glad, for she thought he would now be with her; and then she remembered that human beings could not live in the water, so that when he got down to her father's palace he would be quite dead.

Who acts: crew, water, flash, one, ship, human beings · What happens: be, not see, reveal, see, except, part · To what, where: single object, whole scene, one, prince, flash, deep waves · 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 (crew, water, flash, one), 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	At	at	ADP	_	3 moment	case
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 moment	nummod
3	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pitch	obl
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 pitch	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 pitch	cop
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 pitch	advmod
7	pitch	pitch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pitch	xcomp
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 see	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 see	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 see	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 see	advmod
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 dark	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 object	det
15	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 object	amod
16	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 see	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 revealed	punct
18	but	but	CCONJ	_	23 revealed	cc
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 flash	det
20	flash	flash	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 revealed	nsubj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 lightning	case
22	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 flash	nmod
23	revealed	reveal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 pitch	conj
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 scene	det
25	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 scene	amod
26	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 revealed	obj
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 see	punct
28	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 see	nsubj
29	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	30 see	aux
30	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 pitch	conj
31	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	32 one	det
32	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 see	obj
33	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	38 excepting	nsubj
34	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 excepting	aux
35	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	38 excepting	aux
36	on	on	SCONJ	_	38 excepting	mark
37	board	board	ADP	_	38 excepting	mark
38	excepting	except	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	32 one	acl:relcl
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 prince	det
40	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 excepting	obj
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	45 parted	punct
42	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	45 parted	advmod
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 ship	det
44	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 parted	nsubj
45	parted	part	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 pitch	parataxis
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 seen	punct
47	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 seen	nsubj
48	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 seen	aux
49	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	45 parted	ccomp
50	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 seen	obj
51	sink	sink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 seen	xcomp
52	into	into	ADP	_	55 waves	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 waves	det
54	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 waves	amod
55	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 sink	obl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 glad	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 glad	cc
58	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 glad	nsubj
59	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 glad	cop
60	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 parted	advcl
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 thought	punct
62	for	for	SCONJ	_	64 thought	mark
63	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 thought	nsubj
64	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 glad	conj
65	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 her	nsubj
66	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	70 her	aux
67	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	70 her	advmod
68	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	70 her	cop
69	with	with	ADP	_	70 her	case
70	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 thought	ccomp
71	;	;	PUNCT	_	75 remembered	punct
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 remembered	cc
73	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	75 remembered	advmod
74	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	75 remembered	nsubj
75	remembered	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 parted	conj
76	that	that	SCONJ	_	81 live	mark
77	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 beings	amod
78	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 live	nsubj
79	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	81 live	aux
80	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	81 live	advmod
81	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	75 remembered	ccomp
82	in	in	ADP	_	84 water	case
83	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 water	det
84	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 live	obl
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	90 got	punct
86	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	90 got	mark
87	that	that	SCONJ	_	86 so	fixed
88	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	90 got	advmod
89	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	90 got	nsubj
90	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	75 remembered	parataxis
91	down	down	ADV	_	90 got	advmod
92	to	to	ADP	_	96 palace	case
93	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	94 father	nmod:poss
94	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 palace	nmod:poss
95	's	's	PART	_	94 father	case
96	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 got	obl
97	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	101 dead	nsubj
98	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	101 dead	aux
99	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	101 dead	cop
100	quite	quite	ADV	_	101 dead	advmod
101	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	90 got	advcl
102	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 pitch	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	crew			moment	dark, pitch property	tree rules
2	not see	could	water	a single object				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer object=Stimulus
3	reveal	past	a flash of lightning	the whole scene				vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scene=Topic
4	see	could	water	every one				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus
5	except	past · perfect · progressive	every one	the prince				tree rules
6	part	past	the ship					tree rules
7	see	past · perfect	water	flash				tree rules
8	sink	infinitive	flash not said here		the deep waves			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
9	is	past	water				glad property	tree rules
10	think speech: other	past	water					vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11	is	would	flash			now	with lightning	tree rules
12	remember	past	water			then		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
13	not live	could	human beings		the water			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location
14	get down	past	flash				to water's father's palace result; down property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result
15	is	would	flash				dead property	tree rules
16	flash		lightning					nom flash «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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