--- title: "If God spares our lives and grants us a fair wind, we are going to… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "If God spares our lives and grants us a fair wind, we are going to Gronmud, near Falster," said the captain; and he asked the name of the student who wished to go with him. Who acts: God, we, captain, student. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, Poultry Meg's Family. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (God, we, captain, student), 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:pg27200:149:146 # text = "If God spares our lives and grants us a fair wind, we are going to Gronmud, near Falster," said the captain; and he asked the name of the student who wished to go with him. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spares spare VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 5 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 grants grant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 9 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 ccomp _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Gronmud Gronmud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 near near ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Falster Falster PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 student student NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spare** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | God | our lives us and grants | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Recipient wind=Asset | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | we | | | Gronmud and Falster | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to gronmud=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the captain | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | God | the name of the student | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient | | 5 | **wish** | past | the student | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the student *not said here* | | | | | with God | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary | | 7 | **name** | | | the student | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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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