--- title: Then the Emperor bent low before the beautiful mermaid, and, offerin… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Emperor bent low before the beautiful mermaid, and, offering her his arm, he led her into dinner, closely followed by the Prince and her friend the wolf; the latter seating himself at table, not the least embarrassed that no one had invited him to do so. Who acts: Emperor, one. 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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 (Emperor, one), 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:pg7277:52:85 # text = Then the Emperor bent low before the beautiful mermaid, and, offering her his arm, he led her into dinner, closely followed by the Prince and her friend the wolf; the latter seating himself at table, not the least embarrassed that no one had invited him to do so. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bent bend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 low low ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 6 before before ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 mermaid mermaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 offering offer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 closely closely ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 parataxis _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl:agent _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 seating seating NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 nsubj _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 45 amod _ _ 45 embarrassed embarrassed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 47 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 48 det _ _ 48 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 advcl _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 54 so so ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bend** | past | the Emperor | | | | before the beautiful mermaid; then | low *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before mermaid=Location | | 2 | **offer** | gerund | emperor *not said here* | emperor's arm | mermaid | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent she=Goal arm=Theme | | 3 | **lead** | past | emperor | mermaid | | dinner | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme into dinner=Destination | | 4 | **follow** | participle | | the wolf | | | | closely *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme | | 5 | **invite** | past · perfect · passive | | no one | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/86/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)