--- title: If we suffer wrongfully, if we are misunderstood or despised, we mus… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: If we suffer wrongfully, if we are misunderstood or despised, we must think of Him who was pure and holy, and who prayed for those who nailed Him to the cross, "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do." Who acts: we, persons. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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C. Andersen, A Leaf From Heaven. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, persons), 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:pg27200:49:20 # text = If we suffer wrongfully, if we are misunderstood or despised, we must think of Him who was pure and holy, and who prayed for those who nailed Him to the cross, "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do." 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 suffer suffer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 4 wrongfully wrongfully ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 misunderstood misunderstand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 despised despise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 parataxis _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 26 obj _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 nailed nail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 vocative _ _ 38 forgive forgive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 45 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 47 obj _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suffer** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | we | | | | | wrongfully *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **misunderstand** | present · passive | | we | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **despise** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | must | we | | | | | of God | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | pure *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **pray** | past | | those | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **nail** | past | | God | | | | to the cross | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient to cross=Co-Patient | | 9 | **forgive** *in a quote* | infinitive | | persons *= person* | | | | Father *vocative* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 10 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present | persons *= person* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 11 | **do** *in a quote* | present | persons *= person* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/49/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/49/21/) - ↑ back to [A Leaf From Heaven](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/49/)