--- title: On many a night, too, when the fishermen, with their torches, were o… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: On many a night, too, when the fishermen, with their torches, were out at sea, she heard them relate so many good things about the doings of the young prince, that she was glad she had saved his life when he had been tossed about half-dead on the waves. Who acts: fishermen, water, waves. 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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 (fishermen, water, waves), 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:pg27200:76:46 # text = On many a night, too, when the fishermen, with their torches, were out at sea, she heard them relate so many good things about the doings of the young prince, that she was glad she had saved his life when he had been tossed about half-dead on the waves. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fishermen fisherman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 torches torch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 out out ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 relate relate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 29 about about ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 doings doing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 parataxis _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 ccomp _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 50 advmod _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 tossed toss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 advcl _ _ 51 about about ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 54 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 obl _ _ 55 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the fishermen | | | sea | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | past | water | fishermen *= fisherman* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **relate** | infinitive | fishermen *= fisherman* *not said here* | many good things | | | | about the doings of the young prince | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | water | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **save** | past · perfect | water | prince's life | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 6 | **toss** | past · perfect · passive | the waves | prince | | | | about half dead | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent subject=Theme about dead=Destination | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/47/) - ↑ back to [The Little Mermaid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/)