--- title: I shall be obliged to repeat the same thing for a hundred years; and… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I shall be obliged to repeat the same thing for a hundred years; and each time, when the trial is past, if you resist, you will gain strength, till resistance becomes easy, and at last the temptation will be quite overcome. Who acts: trial, you, resistance, last temptation. 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C. Andersen, The Garden of Paradise. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (trial, you, resistance, last temptation), 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:pg27200:140:216 # text = I shall be obliged to repeat the same thing for a hundred years; and each time, when the trial is past, if you resist, you will gain strength, till resistance becomes easy, and at last the temptation will be quite overcome. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 repeat repeat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 when when SCONJ WRB _ 23 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 past past ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 resist resist VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 parataxis _ _ 32 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 till till SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 resistance resistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 37 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 temptation temptation NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 46 quite quite ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 overcome overcome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **oblige** | shall · passive | | I | | | time | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 2 | **repeat** | to-infinitive | | the same thing | | | year | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** | present | the trial | | | | | past *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **resist** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **gain** | future | you | strength | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Theme | | 6 | **become** | present | resistance | | | | | easy *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **is** | future | the last temptation | | | | | overcome *property* | tree rules | 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 215](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/215/) - next →: [sentence 217](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/217/) - ↑ back to [The Garden of Paradise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/)