--- title: She climbed with the prince to the tops of high mountains; and altho… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She climbed with the prince to the tops of high mountains; and although her tender feet bled so that even her steps were marked, she only laughed, and followed him till they could see the clouds beneath them looking like a flock of birds travelling to distant lands. Who acts: mermaid, feet, birds. 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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 (mermaid, feet, birds), 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:pg27200:77:56 # text = She climbed with the prince to the tops of high mountains; and although her tender feet bled so that even her steps were marked, she only laughed, and followed him till they could see the clouds beneath them looking like a flock of birds travelling to distant lands. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tops top NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 although although SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 tender tender NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 bled bleed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 19 so so SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 21 even even ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 marked mark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 only only ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 till till SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 43 like like ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 48 travelling travel VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 47 acl _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | past | mermaid | | | the tops of high mountains | | with the prince | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to top=Destination | | 2 | **bleed** | participle · passive | | mermaid's tender feet | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source | | 3 | **mark** | past · passive | | mermaid's steps | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | | 4 | **laugh** | past | mermaid | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **follow** | past | mermaid *not said here* | prince | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **see** | could | feet *= foot* | the clouds | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cloud=Stimulus | | 7 | **look** | gerund | feet *= foot* | | | | | like a flock of birds | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **travel** | gerund | birds *not said here* | | | distant lands | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to land=Destination | | 9 | **step** | | mermaid | | | | | | nom step «act transitive»: 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/77/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/77/57/) - ↑ back to [The Little Mermaid, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/77/)