--- title: The little mermaid was so alarmed at what she saw, that she stood st… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The little mermaid was so alarmed at what she saw, that she stood still, and her heart beat with fear, and she was very nearly turning back; but she thought of the prince, and of the human soul for which she longed, and her courage returned. Who acts: mermaid, courage. 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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, courage), 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:pg27200:76:85 # text = The little mermaid was so alarmed at what she saw, that she stood still, and her heart beat with fear, and she was very nearly turning back; but she thought of the prince, and of the human soul for which she longed, and her courage returned. 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 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 alarmed alarm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 obl _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 15 still still ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 beat beat NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 very very ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 30 back back ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 obl _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 longed long VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **alarm** | past · passive | | the little mermaid | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **see** | past | mermaid | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **stand** | past | mermaid | mermaid's heart beat with fear | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **turn back** | past · progressive | mermaid | | | | | nearly *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | mermaid | | | | | of the prince | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **long** | past | mermaid | | | | | of the human soul | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for which=Theme | | 7 | **return** | past | mermaid's courage | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/86/) - ↑ back to [The Little Mermaid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/)