Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 4, sentence 49
On the ship, in which she had left the prince, there were life and noise; she saw him and his beautiful bride searching for her; sorrowfully they gazed at the pearly foam, as if they knew she had thrown herself into the waves.
Who acts: heart, life, beautiful bride, eyes · What happens: leave, be, see, search, gaze, know · To what, where: prince, ship, life, heart · 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 (heart, life, beautiful bride, eyes), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 ship | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ship | det |
| 3 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 left | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 ship | punct |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 which | case |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 left | obl |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 left | nsubj |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 left | aux |
| 9 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 prince | det |
| 11 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 left | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 were | punct |
| 13 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 14 were | expl |
| 14 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 left | parataxis |
| 15 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 were | nsubj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 noise | cc |
| 17 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 life | conj |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 saw | punct |
| 19 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 saw | nsubj |
| 20 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 left | parataxis |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 saw | obj |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 bride | cc |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 bride | nmod:poss |
| 24 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 bride | amod |
| 25 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 him | conj |
| 26 | searching | search | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 25 bride | acl |
| 27 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 her | case |
| 28 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 searching | obl |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 gazed | punct |
| 30 | sorrowfully | sorrowfully | ADV | _ | 32 gazed | advmod |
| 31 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 gazed | nsubj |
| 32 | gazed | gaze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 saw | conj |
| 33 | at | at | ADP | _ | 36 foam | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 foam | det |
| 35 | pearly | pearly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 foam | amod |
| 36 | foam | foam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 gazed | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 knew | punct |
| 38 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 41 knew | mark |
| 39 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 41 knew | mark |
| 40 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 knew | nsubj |
| 41 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 gazed | conj |
| 42 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 thrown | nsubj |
| 43 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 thrown | aux |
| 44 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 41 knew | ccomp |
| 45 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 44 thrown | obj |
| 46 | into | into | ADP | _ | 48 waves | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 waves | det |
| 48 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 thrown | obl:agent |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 left | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past · perfect | heart | the prince | the ship | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent prince=Theme on ship=Location | |||
| 2 | be | past | life and noise | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | see | past | heart | life | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | search | gerund | life's beautiful bride not said here | for heart | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for she=Theme | ||||
| 5 | gaze | past | eyes = eye | at the pearly foam; sorrowfully property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at foam=Theme | ||||
| 6 | know a condition, not said to happen | past | eyes = eye | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 7 | throw | past · perfect | heart | heart | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=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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