--- title: She bent down and kissed his fair brow, then looked at the sky on wh… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She bent down and kissed his fair brow, then looked at the sky on which the rosy dawn grew brighter and brighter; then she glanced at the sharp knife, and again fixed her eyes on the prince, who whispered the name of his bride in his dreams. Who acts: bride, rosy dawn, prince. 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C. Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bride, rosy dawn, 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:pg27200:78:33 # text = She bent down and kissed his fair brow, then looked at the sky on which the rosy dawn grew brighter and brighter; then she glanced at the sharp knife, and again fixed her eyes on the prince, who whispered the name of his bride in his dreams. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bent bend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 brow brow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 11 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 rosy rosy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 21 brighter bright ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 xcomp _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 brighter bright ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 glanced glance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 again again ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 fixed fix VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 dreams dream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bend down** | past | bride | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **kiss** | past | bride *not said here* | prince's fair brow | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brow=Co-Agent | | 3 | **look** | past | bride *not said here* | | | | then | at the sky | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sky=Theme | | 4 | **grow** | past | the rosy dawn | | | the sky | | bright *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on which=Location | | 5 | **glance** | past | bride | | | | then | at the sharp knife | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at knife=Theme | | 6 | **fix** | past | bride *not said here* | bride's eyes | | | again | on the prince | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 7 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | the prince | the name of prince's bride | | prince's dreams | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic | | 8 | **name** | | | prince's bride | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **dream** | | prince | | | | | | nom dream «cognition 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/78/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/78/34/) - ↑ back to [The Little Mermaid, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/78/)