--- title: Thrice happy he who is chosen to be a wanderer there, and, without m… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Thrice happy he who is chosen to be a wanderer there, and, without merit of his own, to be placed between the builder of the bridge and the earth--between Providence and the human race. 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: 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:pg27200:190:75 # text = Thrice happy he who is chosen to be a wanderer there, and, without merit of his own, to be placed between the builder of the bridge and the earth--between Providence and the human race. 1 Thrice thrice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wanderer wanderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ _ 11 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 without without ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 merit merit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 24 between between ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 builder builder NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 between between ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Providence Providence PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | present · passive | | beam | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a wanderer | | there | | | tree rules | | 3 | **place** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | the builder of the bridge and the earth | | between Providence and the human race | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: between builder=Destination | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/190/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/190/76/) - ↑ back to [The Thorny Road of Honor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/190/)