--- title: God gives us strength to bear much, if we try to do our best," she h… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: God gives us strength to bear much, if we try to do our best," she had said; and as he thought of this, a devout feeling came into his mind, and he folded his hands. Who acts: God, we, room, devout feeling. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, Under the Willow-tree, part 2. 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, room, devout feeling), 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:pg27200:203:46 # text = God gives us strength to bear much, if we try to do our best," she had said; and as he thought of this, a devout feeling came into his mind, and he folded his hands. 1 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ 7 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 try try VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 devout devout ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 feeling feeling NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 folded fold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | God | strength | us | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bear** | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | strength *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **try** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | we | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | our best | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past · perfect | room | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | God | | | | | of this | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | past | a devout feeling | | | Knud's mind | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into mind=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **fold** *in a quote* | past | Knud | Knud's hands | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 9 | **mind** *in a quote* | | Knud | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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. 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