--- title: On each Christmas-eve an angel comes to him and tells him that all h… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: On each Christmas-eve an angel comes to him and tells him that all he has dreamed is true, and that he may go to sleep again in peace, as Denmark is not yet in any real danger; but should danger ever come, then Holger Danske will rouse himself, and the table will burst asunder as he draws out his be --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/50/8/) [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/) / [Holger Danske](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/50/) / 8 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Holger Danske, sentence 8 On each Christmas-eve an angel comes to him and tells him that all he has dreamed is true, and that he may go to sleep again in peace, as Denmark is not yet in any real danger; but should danger ever come, then Holger Danske will rouse himself, and the table will burst asunder as he draws out his beard. **Who acts:** angel, Holger, all, Denmark, danger, table · **What happens:** come, tell, dream, be, go, sleep · **To what, where:** Holger, Christmas eve, peace, asunder, beard · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Holger Danske. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (angel, Holger, all, Denmark), 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:pg27200:50:8 # text = On each Christmas-eve an angel comes to him and tells him that all he has dreamed is true, and that he may go to sleep again in peace, as Denmark is not yet in any real danger; but should danger ever come, then Holger Danske will rouse himself, and the table will burst asunder as he draws out his beard. 1 On on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 3 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 eve eve NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 20 nsubj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 dreamed dream VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 34 Denmark Denmark PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 37 yet yet ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 41 det _ _ 40 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 45 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 47 advmod _ _ 47 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 53 advmod _ _ 50 Holger Holger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 51 Danske Danske PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 flat _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 rouse rouse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ _ 54 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 59 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 burst burst VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ _ 61 asunder asunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 62 as as SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 draws draw VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 advcl _ _ 65 out out ADP RP _ 64 compound:prt _ _ 66 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | a angel | | Holger | each Christmas eve | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | a angel *not said here* | | Holger | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **dream** | present · perfect | Holger | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | all | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | may | Holger | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | Holger *not said here* | | | peace | again | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in peace=Location | | 7 | **not** **is** | present | Denmark | | | | yet | as any real danger | tree rules | | 8 | **come** | should | danger | | | | ever | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **rouse** | future | Holger | Holger | | | then | | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 10 | **burst** | future | the table | asunder | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location asunder=Theme | | 11 | **draw out** | present | Holger | Holger's beard | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Theme | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/50/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/50/9/) - ↑ back to [Holger Danske](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/50/)