--- title: There is an old legend about a saint who was allowed to choose one o… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: There is an old legend about a saint who was allowed to choose one of the seven deadly sins, and who accordingly chose drunkenness, which appeared to him the least, but which led him to commit all the other six. Who acts: old legend, saint, drunkenness, legend. 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C. Andersen, Second Visit. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old legend, saint, drunkenness, legend), 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:pg27200:137:28 # text = There is an old legend about a saint who was allowed to choose one of the seven deadly sins, and who accordingly chose drunkenness, which appeared to him the least, but which led him to commit all the other six. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 saint saint NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 18 deadly deadly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 sins sin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 obj _ _ 23 accordingly accordingly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 25 drunkenness drunkenness NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 commit commit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 43 det:predet _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | a old legend about a saint | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **allow** | past · passive | | a saint | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **choose** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a saint *not said here* | one of the seven deadly sins | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 4 | **choose** | past | | drunkenness | | | | accordingly *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent who=Beneficiary drunkenness=Theme | | 5 | **appear** | past | drunkenness | the least | legend | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **lead** | past | | legend | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result | | 7 | **commit** | to-infinitive | legend *not said here* | all other six | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: 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. 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/137/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/137/29/) - ↑ back to [Second Visit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/137/)