--- title: The colored lanterns had been extinguished, no more rockets rose in… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The colored lanterns had been extinguished, no more rockets rose in the air, and the cannon had ceased firing; but the sea became restless, and a moaning, grumbling sound could be heard beneath the waves: still the little mermaid remained by the cabin window, rocking up and down on the water, which --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Little Mermaid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/) / 2 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 2, sentence 2 The colored lanterns had been extinguished, no more rockets rose in the air, and the cannon had ceased firing; but the sea became restless, and a moaning, grumbling sound could be heard beneath the waves: still the little mermaid remained by the cabin window, rocking up and down on the water, which enabled her to look in. **Who acts:** colored lanterns, more rockets, sea, moaning, water · **What happens:** be, rise, cease, become, grumble, hear · **To what, where:** air, cannon, sound, moaning, little mermaid, water This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (colored lanterns, more rockets, sea, moaning), 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:pg27200:76:2 # text = The colored lanterns had been extinguished, no more rockets rose in the air, and the cannon had ceased firing; but the sea became restless, and a moaning, grumbling sound could be heard beneath the waves: still the little mermaid remained by the cabin window, rocking up and down on the water, which enabled her to look in. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 colored colored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 lanterns lantern NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 6 extinguished extinguished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 9 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 amod _ _ 10 rockets rocket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 cannon cannon NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 ceased cease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 21 firing firing NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 27 restless restless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 moaning moaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 grumbling grumble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 34 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 38 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 42 still still ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 mermaid mermaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 46 remained remain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl _ _ 47 by by ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 cabin cabin NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 rocking rock VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 53 up up ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 down down ADV RB _ 53 conj _ _ 56 on on ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 nsubj _ _ 61 enabled enable VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 acl:relcl _ _ 62 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 advcl _ _ 65 in in ADP RP _ 64 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · perfect | the colored lanterns | | | | | extinguished *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **rise** | past | no more rockets | | | the air | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in air=Location | | 3 | **cease** | past · perfect · passive | | the cannon | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **become** | past | the sea | | | | | restless *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **grumble** *speech: other* | gerund | a moaning *not said here* | sound | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Topic | | 6 | **hear** | could · passive | | a moaning | | | | beneath the waves the little mermaid | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 7 | **remain** | participle | | the little mermaid *not said here* | | | | by the cabin window | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by window=Location | | 8 | **rock up** | gerund | | | | the water | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on water=Location | | 9 | **enable** | past | the water | mermaid | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **look in** | to-infinitive | the water *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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. - ← previous: [sentence 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/3/) - ↑ back to [The Little Mermaid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/)