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Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 3, sentence 20

You have the sweetest voice of any who dwell here in the depths of the sea, and you believe that you will be able to charm the prince with it also, but this voice you must give to me; the best thing you possess will I have for the price of my draught.

Who acts: You, voice, best thing · What happens: have, dwell, believe, be, give, possess · To what, where: sweetest voice, depths, charm, me, best thing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, voice, best thing), 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

nsubjdetamodobjcasenmodnsubjacl:relcladvmodcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctccnsubjparataxismarknsubjauxcopccompmarkxcompdetnsubjcasenmodadvmodpunctccdetnsubjnsubjauxconjcaseoblpunctdetamodnsubj:outernsubjacl:relclauxnsubjparataxiscasedetoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctrootYouPRONhaveVERBtheDETsweetestADJvoiceNOUNofADPanyDETwhoPRONdwellVERBhereADVinADPtheDETdepthsNOUNofADPtheDETseaNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJyouPRONbelieveVERBthatSCONJyouPRONwillAUXbeAUXableADJtoPARTcharmNOUNtheDETprinceNOUNwithADPitPRONalsoADV,PUNCTbutCCONJthisDETvoiceNOUNyouPRONmustAUXgiveVERBtoADPmePRON;PUNCTtheDETbestADJthingNOUNyouPRONpossessVERBwillAUXIPRONhaveVERBforADPtheDETpriceNOUNofADPmyPRONdraughtNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs2 havensubj
2havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 voicedet
4sweetestsweetADJDegree=Sup5 voiceamod
5voicevoiceNOUNNumber=Sing2 haveobj
6ofofADP_7 anycase
7anyanyDETPronType=Ind5 voicenmod
8whowhoPRONPronType=Rel9 dwellnsubj
9dwelldwellVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 anyacl:relcl
10herehereADVPronType=Dem9 dwelladvmod
11ininADP_13 depthscase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 depthsdet
13depthsdepthNOUNNumber=Plur9 dwellobl
14ofofADP_16 seacase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 seadet
16seaseaNOUNNumber=Sing13 depthsnmod
17,,PUNCT_20 believepunct
18andandCCONJ_20 believecc
19youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs20 believensubj
20believebelieveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 haveparataxis
21thatthatSCONJ_25 ablemark
22youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs25 ablensubj
23willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin25 ableaux
24bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf25 ablecop
25ableableADJDegree=Pos20 believeccomp
26totoPART_27 charmmark
27charmcharmNOUNNumber=Sing25 ablexcomp
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 princedet
29princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing25 ablensubj
30withwithADP_31 itcase
31ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 princenmod
32alsoalsoADV_20 believeadvmod
33,,PUNCT_39 givepunct
34butbutCCONJ_39 givecc
35thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem36 voicedet
36voicevoiceNOUNNumber=Sing39 givensubj
37youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs39 givensubj
38mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin39 giveaux
39givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf20 believeconj
40totoADP_41 mecase
41meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs39 giveobl
42;;PUNCT_50 havepunct
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 thingdet
44bestgoodADJDegree=Sup45 thingamod
45thingthingNOUNNumber=Sing50 havensubj:outer
46youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs47 possessnsubj
47possesspossessVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin45 thingacl:relcl
48willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin50 haveaux
49IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs50 havensubj
50havehaveVERBVerbForm=Inf2 haveparataxis
51forforADP_53 pricecase
52thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art53 pricedet
53pricepriceNOUNNumber=Sing50 haveobl
54ofofADP_56 draughtcase
55mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs56 draughtnmod:poss
56draughtdraughtNOUNNumber=Sing53 pricenmod
57..PUNCT_2 havepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentYouthe sweetest voice of anyvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Patient
2dwellpresentthe depths of the sea; herevn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in depth=Location
3believepresentyouvn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
4isfutureyoucharmable propertytree rules
5givemustthis voicemevn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to i=Recipient
6possesspresentyouthe best thing not said herevn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme
7havefuturethe best thingfor the price of my draughtvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: 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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