--- title: "Yes, you are dear to me," said the prince; "for you have the best h… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Yes, you are dear to me," said the prince; "for you have the best heart, and you are the most devoted to me; you are like a young maiden whom I once saw, but whom I shall never meet again. Who acts: you, prince. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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, prince), 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:pg27200:77:64 # text = "Yes, you are dear to me," said the prince; "for you have the best heart, and you are the most devoted to me; you are like a young maiden whom I once saw, but whom I shall never meet again. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 ccomp _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 amod _ _ 21 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 28 advmod _ _ 28 devoted devoted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 33 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 34 like like ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 parataxis _ _ 38 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 obj _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 41 advmod _ _ 41 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 44 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 obj _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 49 again again ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | the prince *= prince* | | | dear *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | the best heart | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | the prince *= prince* | | | devoted *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | like a young maiden | tree rules | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | past | the prince *= prince* | a young maiden | | | | once *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | | 7 | **not** **meet** *in a quote* | shall | the prince *= prince* | | | | again | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Co-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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/77/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/77/65/) - ↑ back to [The Little Mermaid, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/77/)