Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 4, sentence 17
She knew this was the last evening she should ever see the prince, for whom she had forsaken her kindred and her home; she had given up her beautiful voice, and suffered unheard-of pain daily for him, while he knew nothing of it.
Who acts: present, this, prince · What happens: know, be, see, forsake, give up, suffer · To what, where: last evening, prince, beautiful voice, nothing · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (present, this, prince), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 knew | nsubj |
| 2 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 evening | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 evening | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 evening | det |
| 6 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 evening | amod |
| 7 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 knew | ccomp |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 see | nsubj |
| 9 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 see | aux |
| 10 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 11 see | advmod |
| 11 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 knew | ccomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 prince | det |
| 13 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 see | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 forsaken | punct |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 whom | case |
| 16 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 forsaken | obl |
| 17 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 forsaken | nsubj |
| 18 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 forsaken | aux |
| 19 | forsaken | forsake | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 see | parataxis |
| 20 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 kindred | nmod:poss |
| 21 | kindred | kindred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 forsaken | xcomp |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 home | cc |
| 23 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 home | nmod:poss |
| 24 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 forsaken | conj |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 given | punct |
| 26 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 given | nsubj |
| 27 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 given | aux |
| 28 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 knew | conj |
| 29 | up | up | ADP | _ | 32 voice | case |
| 30 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 voice | nmod:poss |
| 31 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 voice | amod |
| 32 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 given | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 suffered | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 suffered | cc |
| 35 | suffered | suffer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 knew | parataxis |
| 36 | unheard | unheard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 suffered | xcomp |
| 37 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 36 unheard | punct |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 pain | case |
| 39 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 unheard | obl |
| 40 | daily | daily | ADV | _ | 35 suffered | advmod |
| 41 | for | for | ADP | _ | 42 him | case |
| 42 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 suffered | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 knew | punct |
| 44 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 46 knew | mark |
| 45 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 knew | nsubj |
| 46 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 suffered | conj |
| 47 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 46 knew | obj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 it | case |
| 49 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 nothing | nmod |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | present | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | this | the last evening | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | see | should | present | the prince | ever | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | forsake | past · perfect | present | kindred property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | give up | past · perfect | present | present's beautiful voice | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Source | ||||
| 6 | suffer | past | for prince; daily, unheard property | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 7 | know | past | prince | nothing | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |
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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