--- title: Soon he saw the golden mermaid swimming near the ship, beckoning and… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Soon he saw the golden mermaid swimming near the ship, beckoning and calling to him to follow her; but, mindful of the wolf’s warning, he told her in a loud voice that if she wished to buy anything she must come to him. Who acts: mortal, golden mermaid, mermaid, wolf. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mortal, golden mermaid, mermaid, wolf), 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:pg7277:52:65 # text = Soon he saw the golden mermaid swimming near the ship, beckoning and calling to him to follow her; but, mindful of the wolf’s warning, he told her in a loud voice that if she wished to buy anything she must come to him. 1 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 mermaid mermaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 swimming swim VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 near near ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 beckoning beckon VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 mindful mindful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’s 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 obj _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 42 obj _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | mortal | the golden mermaid | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mermaid=Stimulus | | 2 | **swim** | gerund | the golden mermaid *not said here* | | | the ship | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near ship=Trajectory | | 3 | **beckon** | gerund | the golden mermaid *not said here* | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **call** | gerund | the golden mermaid *not said here* | | mortal | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 5 | **follow** | to-infinitive | the golden mermaid *not said here* | mermaid | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | mortal | | mermaid | a loud voice | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 7 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | mermaid | a loud voice | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **buy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | mermaid *not said here* | anything | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme | | 9 | **come** | must | mermaid | | mortal | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **warn** | | the wolf | | | | | | nom warning «communication 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:** «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/66/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)