--- title: O human race, canst thou grasp the happiness of such a minute of con… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: O human race, canst thou grasp the happiness of such a minute of consciousness, this penetration of the soul by its mission, the moment in which all dejection, and every wound--even those caused by one's own fault--is changed into health and strength and clearness--when discord is converted to harmo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/190/73/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Thorny Road of Honor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/190/) / 73 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Thorny Road of Honor, sentence 73 O human race, canst thou grasp the happiness of such a minute of consciousness, this penetration of the soul by its mission, the moment in which all dejection, and every wound--even those caused by one's own fault--is changed into health and strength and clearness--when discord is converted to harmony--the minute in which men seem to recognize the manifestation of the heavenly grace in one man, and feel how this one imparts it to all? **Who acts:** thou, discord, men, one · **What happens:** grasp, cause, change, be, seem, recognize · **To what, where:** happiness, wound, health, manifestation, soul, heavenly grace This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Thorny Road of Honor. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thou, discord, men, 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:pg27200:190:73 # text = O human race, canst thou grasp the happiness of such a minute of consciousness, this penetration of the soul by its mission, the moment in which all dejection, and every wound--even those caused by one's own fault--is changed into health and strength and clearness--when discord is converted to harmony--the minute in which men seem to recognize the manifestation of the heavenly grace in one man, and feel how this one imparts it to all? 1 O of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 3 case _ _ 2 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 canst can AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nsubj _ _ 7 grasp grasp VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 13 det:predet _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 consciousness consciousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 penetration penetration NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 mission mission NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obl _ _ 30 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 31 dejection dejection NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 34 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 35 wound wound NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 even even ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 44 nsubj _ _ 39 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 csubj _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 's 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 48 into into ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 clearness clearness NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 -- -- PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 when when SCONJ WRB _ 58 mark _ _ 56 discord discord NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 57 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 58 converted converted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 conj _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 harmony harmony NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 -- -- PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 conj _ _ 64 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 67 obl _ _ 66 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 nsubj _ _ 67 seem seem VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 acl:relcl _ _ 68 to to PART TO _ 69 mark _ _ 69 recognize recognize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 67 xcomp _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 manifestation manifestation NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obj _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 74 heavenly heavenly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 grace grace NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod _ _ 76 in in ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 78 nummod _ _ 78 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 80 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 81 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 82 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 85 advmod _ _ 83 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 84 det _ _ 84 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 nsubj _ _ 85 imparts impart VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 81 advcl _ _ 86 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 85 obj _ _ 87 to to ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 88 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 85 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 89 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grasp** | can | thou | the happiness of such minute of consciousness and this penetration of the soul | | | | of human race; by soul's mission and the moment | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer happiness=Stimulus | | 2 | **cause** | participle | | | | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | | 3 | **change** | present · passive | | every wound and one's own fault | | | | into health and strength and clearness *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into health=Result | | 4 | **is** | present | discord | | | | | to harmony; converted *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **seem** | present | men | | | | | in the minute | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 6 | **recognize** | to-infinitive | men *not said here* | the manifestation of the heavenly grace | | | | in one man | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer manifestation=Stimulus | | 7 | **feel** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **impart** | present | this one | manifestation | | | | to all | tree rules | | 9 | **penetrate** | | | the soul | | | | | nom penetration «act transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **fault** | | one | | | | | | nom fault «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **manifest** | | | the heavenly grace | | | | | nom manifestation «event 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. 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/190/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/190/74/) - ↑ back to [The Thorny Road of Honor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/190/)