--- title: He intends to risk his life alone in the roaring waters; but they ar… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He intends to risk his life alone in the roaring waters; but they are to bear witness for him that it is not his fault if Jens Glob stands without reinforcement in the church at Widberg. Who acts: Olaf, waters, witness, Jens. 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 (Olaf, waters, witness, Jens), 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:pg27200:12:90 # text = He intends to risk his life alone in the roaring waters; but they are to bear witness for him that it is not his fault if Jens Glob stands without reinforcement in the church at Widberg. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 intends intend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 risk risk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 alone alone ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 roaring roaring NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 witness witness NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 ccomp _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 Jens Jens PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 Glob Glob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 flat _ _ 30 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 31 without without ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 reinforcement reinforcement NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Widberg Widberg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **intend** | present | Olaf | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **risk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Olaf *not said here* | Olaf's life | | the roaring waters | | alone *property* | vn risk-94-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Pivot | | 3 | **does** | present | waters *= water* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bear** | to-infinitive | waters *= water* *not said here* | witness | | | | for Olaf | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer witness=Stimulus for he=Attribute | | 5 | **not** **is a** | present | witness | Olaf's fault | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **stand** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Jens | | | | | without reinforcement in the church at Widberg | vn assuming\_position-50 «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:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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