--- title: Then he writes a letter to his brother-in-law, Olaf Hase, in Salling… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then he writes a letter to his brother-in-law, Olaf Hase, in Sallingland, and prays that knight to meet him on Christmas eve, at mass, in the church at Widberg. Who acts: law. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (law), 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:pg27200:12:71 # text = Then he writes a letter to his brother-in-law, Olaf Hase, in Sallingland, and prays that knight to meet him on Christmas eve, at mass, in the church at Widberg. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 writes write VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 Olaf Olaf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 15 Hase Hase PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Sallingland Sallingland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 prays pray VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 eve eve NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 mass mass NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Widberg Widberg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | present | law | a letter Olaf | | Sallingland | then | to law's brother and law | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme in sallingland=Destination | | 2 | **pray** | present | law *not said here* | that knight | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive | law *not said here* | law | | Christmas eve | | at mass; in the church at Widberg | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/12/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/12/72/) - ↑ back to [The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/12/)