--- title: She seemed frightened at first, but only for a moment; then she fetc… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She seemed frightened at first, but only for a moment; then she fetched a number of people, and the mermaid saw that the prince came to life again, and smiled upon those who stood round him. Who acts: face, mermaid, prince. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (face, mermaid, prince), 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:pg27200:76:25 # text = She seemed frightened at first, but only for a moment; then she fetched a number of people, and the mermaid saw that the prince came to life again, and smiled upon those who stood round him. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 fetched fetch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 mermaid mermaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 35 upon upon ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 34 obl _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 round round ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frighten** | past · passive | | face | | | moment | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **fetch** | past | face | a number of people | | | then | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | the mermaid | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **come** | past | the prince | | | life | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to life=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **smile** | past | face *not said here* | | | | | upon those | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **stand** | past | | | | | | round prince | vn assuming\_position-50 «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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/26/) - ↑ back to [The Little Mermaid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/)