--- title: Then she heard the bugle sounding through the water, and thought--"H… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then she heard the bugle sounding through the water, and thought--"He is certainly sailing above, he on whom my wishes depend, and in whose hands I should like to place the happiness of my life. Who acts: mermaid, bugle, prince, wishes. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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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 (mermaid, bugle, prince, wishes), 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:pg27200:76:77 # text = Then she heard the bugle sounding through the water, and thought--"He is certainly sailing above, he on whom my wishes depend, and in whose hands I should like to place the happiness of my life. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bugle bugle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 sounding sound VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 through through ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 sailing sail VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 19 above above ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 parataxis _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 wishes wish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 depend depend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | mermaid | the bugle | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **sound** | gerund | the bugle *not said here* | | | the water | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through water=Location | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | mermaid *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sail** *in a quote* | present · progressive | prince | | | | | above, certainly *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **depend** *in a quote* | present | my wishes | | | | | | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **like** *in a quote* | should | mermaid | place | | hands | | | tree rules | | 7 | **wish** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/78/) - ↑ back to [The Little Mermaid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/)