--- title: In the sight of God, they may occupy a higher place than many of the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: In the sight of God, they may occupy a higher place than many of the rich; but here upon earth we must beware of entering upon a false track, lest we are overturned in our plans, like a carriage that travels by a dangerous road. Who acts: looks, we, carriage, our. 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C. Andersen, She Was Good For Nothing. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (looks, we, carriage, our), 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:pg27200:46:107 # text = In the sight of God, they may occupy a higher place than many of the rich; but here upon earth we must beware of entering upon a false track, lest we are overturned in our plans, like a carriage that travels by a dangerous road. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 occupy occupy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 amod _ _ 12 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 than than ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 21 upon upon ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 23 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 beware beware VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 26 of of SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 entering enter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 28 upon upon ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 track track NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 overturned overturn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 plans plan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 like like ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 travels travel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 46 by by ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **occupy** | may | looks *= look* | a higher place | | the sight of God | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus place=Experiencer | | 2 | **beware** | must | we | | | here | | upon earth | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **enter** | gerund | we *not said here* | | | | | upon a false track | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **overturn** | present · passive | | we | | our plans | | like a carriage | tree rules | | 5 | **travel** | present | a carriage | | | | | by a dangerous road | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by road=Trajectory | | 6 | **sight** | | | God | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **plan** | | our | | | | | | nom plan «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. 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/46/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/46/108/) - ↑ back to [She Was Good For Nothing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/46/)