--- title: The blaze of light would have killed me, had I approached too near t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The blaze of light would have killed me, had I approached too near the maiden myself, but I was cautious, and took time, which is what every one ought to do." Who acts: blaze, I, time, one. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (blaze, I, time, one), 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:pg27200:165:102 # text = The blaze of light would have killed me, had I approached too near the maiden myself, but I was cautious, and took time, which is what every one ought to do." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 blaze blaze NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 of of SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux _ _ 7 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 13 too too ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 near near ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 cautious cautious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 26 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 conj _ _ 31 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 32 det _ _ 32 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 33 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | would · perfect · passive | the blaze *not said here* | light | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer i=Result | | 2 | **have** | past | the blaze | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **approach** | past | I | | | the maiden myself | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | I | | | | | cautious *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | past | | | | | time | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | present | time | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **do** | ought | every one | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «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. 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/103/) - ↑ back to [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/)