--- title: When first the sisters had permission to rise to the surface, they w… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: When first the sisters had permission to rise to the surface, they were each delighted with the new and beautiful sights they saw; but now, as grown-up girls, they could go when they pleased, and they had become indifferent about it. Who acts: sisters. 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C. Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sisters), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg27200:75:60 # text = When first the sisters had permission to rise to the surface, they were each delighted with the new and beautiful sights they saw; but now, as grown-up girls, they could go when they pleased, and they had become indifferent about it. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 19 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ _ 22 sights sight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 27 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 as as ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 33 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 parataxis _ _ 46 indifferent indifferent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ _ 47 about about ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the sisters | permission | | | | first *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permission=Patient | | 2 | **rise** | to-infinitive | the sisters *not said here* | permission *not said here* | | the surface | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to surface=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **is** | past | sisters *= sister* | | | | | with the new sights; delighted *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | past | sisters *= sister* | the new sights *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sight=Stimulus | | 5 | **grow up** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **go** | could | sisters *= sister* | | | | now | as grown girls; pleased *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **become** | past · perfect | sisters *= sister* | | | | | indifferent *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/75/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/75/61/) - ↑ back to [The Little Mermaid, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/75/)