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title: "I am able to affirm with word of oath, that each prize--at least, t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: "I am able to affirm with word of oath, that each prize--at least, those for which I voted--was given with just and proper consideration," said the old boundary post in the wood, who was a member of the committee of judges. " Who acts: old boundary post, wood. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Chri
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Races, sentence 21

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"I am able to affirm with word of oath, that each prize--at least, those for which I voted--was given with just and proper consideration," said the old boundary post in the wood, who was a member of the committee of judges. "

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**Who acts:** old boundary post, wood · **What happens:** be, affirm, vote, give, say, word · **To what, where:** prize, member, oath · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Races. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old boundary post, wood), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:153:21
# text = "I am able to affirm with word of oath, that each prize--at least, those for which I voted--was given with just and proper consideration," said the old boundary post in the wood, who was a member of the committee of judges. "
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	ccomp	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	affirm	affirm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
19	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	obl	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	obl	_	_
22	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	voted	vote	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux:pass	_	_
26	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
28	just	just	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	consideration	consideration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
34	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
36	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
37	boundary	boundary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	_
38	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	46	nsubj	_	_
44	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	cop	_	_
45	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	conj	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	committee	committee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	34	punct	_	_
53	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the old boundary post *= post* |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **affirm** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the old boundary post *= post* *not said here* | each prize |  |  |  | with word of oath; those *obl* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **vote** *in a quote* | past | the old boundary post *= post* |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for which=Goal |
| 4 | **give** *in a quote* | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  | with proper consideration | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V» |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old boundary post |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **is a** | past | the wood and a member | a member |  |  |  | of the committee of judges | tree rules |
| 7 | **word** *in a quote* |  |  | oath |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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