The Green Fairy Book, The Golden Mermaid, sentence 93
But nothing they could do would persuade the golden mermaid to go with them or move from the spot, for ever since she had left the sea, she had so attached herself to her Prince that she asked nothing else than to live or die with him.
Who acts: princes, nothing, mermaid · What happens: do, persuade, go, move, leave, attach · To what, where: golden mermaid, spot, sea, mermaid, Prince, nothing
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Golden Mermaid. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princes, nothing, mermaid), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 persuade | cc |
| 2 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 persuade | nsubj |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 do | nsubj |
| 4 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 nothing | acl:relcl |
| 6 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 persuade | aux |
| 7 | persuade | persuade | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 mermaid | det |
| 9 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 mermaid | amod |
| 10 | mermaid | mermaid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 persuade | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 go | mark |
| 12 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 persuade | advcl |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 them | case |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 go | obl |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 move | cc |
| 16 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 go | conj |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 spot | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 spot | det |
| 19 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 move | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 ever | punct |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 ever | case |
| 22 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 16 move | advmod |
| 23 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 26 left | mark |
| 24 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 left | nsubj |
| 25 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 left | aux |
| 26 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 move | advcl |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 sea | det |
| 28 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 left | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 attached | punct |
| 30 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 attached | nsubj |
| 31 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 attached | aux |
| 32 | so | so | ADV | _ | 33 attached | advmod |
| 33 | attached | attach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 persuade | parataxis |
| 34 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 33 attached | nsubj:pass |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 Prince | case |
| 36 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 Prince | nmod:poss |
| 37 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 attached | obl |
| 38 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 40 asked | mark |
| 39 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 asked | nsubj |
| 40 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 attached | advcl |
| 41 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 40 asked | obj |
| 42 | else | else | ADV | _ | 41 nothing | advmod |
| 43 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 45 live | mark |
| 44 | to | to | PART | _ | 45 live | mark |
| 45 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 nothing | acl |
| 46 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 47 die | cc |
| 47 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 live | conj |
| 48 | with | with | ADP | _ | 49 him | case |
| 49 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 die | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 persuade | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | could | princes = prince | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | persuade | would | nothing | the golden mermaid | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mermaid=Patient | ||||
| 3 | go | to-infinitive | nothing not said here | with princes = prince | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with they=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | move | infinitive | nothing not said here | the spot | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from spot=Trajectory | ||||
| 5 | leave | past · perfect | mermaid | the sea | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Theme | ||||
| 6 | attach | past · perfect · passive | mermaid | mermaid's Prince | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to prince=Co-Patient | ||||
| 7 | ask speech: ask | past | mermaid | nothing | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nothing=Recipient | ||||
| 8 | live | to-infinitive | mermaid not said here | nothing not said here | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 9 | die | infinitive | mermaid not said here | with emperor | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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: «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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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