--- title: You have the sweetest voice of any who dwell here in the depths of t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: You have the sweetest voice of any who dwell here in the depths of the sea, and you believe that you will be able to charm the prince with it also, but this voice you must give to me; the best thing you possess will I have for the price of my draught. Who acts: You, voice, best thing. 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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, voice, best thing), 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:pg27200:77:20 # text = You have the sweetest voice of any who dwell here in the depths of the sea, and you believe that you will be able to charm the prince with it also, but this voice you must give to me; the best thing you possess will I have for the price of my draught. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 sweetest sweet ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 5 nmod _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 depths depth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 cop _ _ 25 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 ccomp _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 xcomp _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nmod _ _ 32 also also ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 45 amod _ _ 45 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj:outer _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 possess possess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 draught draught NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | You | the sweetest voice of any | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Patient | | 2 | **dwell** | present | | | | the depths of the sea; here | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in depth=Location | | 3 | **believe** | present | you | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | future | you | charm | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | must | this voice | | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to i=Recipient | | 6 | **possess** | present | you | the best thing *not said here* | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme | | 7 | **have** | future | the best thing | | | | | for the price of my draught | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/77/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/77/21/) - ↑ back to [The Little Mermaid, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/77/)