--- title: The little mermaid swam close to the cabin windows; and now and then… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The little mermaid swam close to the cabin windows; and now and then, as the waves lifted her up, she could look in through clear glass window-panes, and see a number of well-dressed people within. Who acts: little mermaid, waves, darkness. 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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 (little mermaid, waves, darkness), 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:pg27200:75:79 # text = The little mermaid swam close to the cabin windows; and now and then, as the waves lifted her up, she could look in through clear glass window-panes, and see a number of well-dressed people within. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 mermaid mermaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 cabin cabin NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 26 in in ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 through through ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 28 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 29 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 30 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 panes pane NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 amod _ _ 42 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 43 within within ADP IN _ 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | past | the little mermaid | | | | now | close *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lift up** | past | the waves | darkness | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **look in** | could | darkness | | | | | through clear glass window panes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through pane=Theme | | 4 | **see** | infinitive | darkness *not said here* | a number of dressed people | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer number=Stimulus | | 5 | **dress** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/75/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/75/80/) - ↑ back to [The Little Mermaid, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/75/)