Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 3, sentence 5
"I know what you want," said the sea witch; "it is very stupid of you, but you shall have your way, and it will bring you to sorrow, my pretty princess.
Who acts: sea witch, you, bosom · What happens: know, want, say, be, have, bring · To what, where: way, you · 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 (sea witch, you, bosom), 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 | _ | 3 know | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 know | nsubj |
| 3 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 said | ccomp |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 want | obj |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 want | nsubj |
| 6 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 know | ccomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 know | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 know | punct |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 witch | det |
| 11 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 witch | compound |
| 12 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 said | obj |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 stupid | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 stupid | punct |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 stupid | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 stupid | cop |
| 17 | very | very | ADV | _ | 18 stupid | advmod |
| 18 | stupid | stupid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 said | parataxis |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 you | case |
| 20 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 stupid | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 have | punct |
| 22 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 25 have | cc |
| 23 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 25 have | nsubj |
| 24 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 have | aux |
| 25 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 stupid | parataxis |
| 26 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 way | nmod:poss |
| 27 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 have | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 bring | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 bring | cc |
| 30 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 bring | nsubj |
| 31 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 bring | aux |
| 32 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 said | parataxis |
| 33 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 bring | obj |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 sorrow | mark |
| 35 | sorrow | sorrow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 bring | xcomp |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 princess | punct |
| 37 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 princess | nmod:poss |
| 38 | pretty | pretty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 princess | amod |
| 39 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 bring | conj |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know in a quote | present | the sea witch = witch | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | want in a quote | present | you | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the sea witch | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | bosom | of you; stupid property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | have in a quote | shall | you | your way | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient | ||||
| 6 | bring in a quote | future | bosom | you | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | sorrow in a quote | to-infinitive | bosom not said here | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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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