--- title: So the golden mermaid was successfully caught, and she soon felt qui… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the golden mermaid was successfully caught, and she soon felt quite happy in her new life when she saw she had nothing to fear either from the Prince or the wolf--she rode on the back of the latter, and the Prince rode behind her. Who acts: mermaid, Prince. 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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 (mermaid, 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:pg7277:52:72 # text = So the golden mermaid was successfully caught, and she soon felt quite happy in her new life when she saw she had nothing to fear either from the Prince or the wolf--she rode on the back of the latter, and the Prince rode behind her. 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 mermaid mermaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 successfully successfully ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 12 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 13 quite quite ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 24 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 23 obj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl _ _ 27 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 26 advmod _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 48 behind behind ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past · passive | | the golden mermaid | | | | successfully *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **feel** | past | mermaid | | | | | happy, soon *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **see** | past | mermaid | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **have** | past | mermaid | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 5 | **fear** | to-infinitive | mermaid *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | | | | from the Prince or the wolf; either *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **ride** | past | mermaid | | | the back of the latter | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **ride** | past | the Prince | | | | | behind mermaid | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: 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:** «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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/73/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)