--- title: You will never return through the water to your sisters, or to your… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: You will never return through the water to your sisters, or to your father's palace again; and if you do not win the love of the prince, so that he is willing to forget his father and mother for your sake, and to love you with his whole soul, and allow the priest to join your hands that you may be m --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/77/16/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/77/) / 16 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 3, sentence 16 You will never return through the water to your sisters, or to your father's palace again; and if you do not win the love of the prince, so that he is willing to forget his father and mother for your sake, and to love you with his whole soul, and allow the priest to join your hands that you may be man and wife, then you will never have an immortal soul. **Who acts:** You, prince, priest, hands · **What happens:** not return, not win, be, forget, love, allow · **To what, where:** sisters, water, love, father, you, priest This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, prince, priest, hands), 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:pg27200:77:16 # text = You will never return through the water to your sisters, or to your father's palace again; and if you do not win the love of the prince, so that he is willing to forget his father and mother for your sake, and to love you with his whole soul, and allow the priest to join your hands that you may be man and wife, then you will never have an immortal soul. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 18 again again ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 36 mark _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 parataxis _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 love love VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 53 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 allow allow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 49 parataxis _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ _ 62 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obj _ _ 64 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 68 nsubj _ _ 65 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 66 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 67 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 68 cop _ _ 68 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 acl:relcl _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 72 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 76 advmod _ _ 73 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 76 nsubj _ _ 74 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 76 aux _ _ 75 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 76 advmod _ _ 76 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 77 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 78 immortal immortal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 79 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **return** | future | You | | your sisters | the water | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme through water=Initial\_Location to sister=Destination | | 2 | **not** **win** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | you | the love of the prince | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** | present | prince | | | | | willing *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **forget** | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | prince's father and mother | | | | for your sake | tree rules | | 5 | **love** | to-infinitive | | you | | | | with prince's whole soul | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 6 | **allow** | infinitive | | the priest | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer priest=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **join** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the priest *not said here* | your hands | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 8 | **is a** | may | your hands | man and wife | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **have** | future | you | a immortal soul | | | then | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Patient | | 10 | **love** | | | the prince | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/77/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/77/17/) - ↑ back to [The Little Mermaid, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/77/)