--- title: I cannot lead thee to Hedeby that thou mayst receive Christian bapti… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I cannot lead thee to Hedeby that thou mayst receive Christian baptism, for first thou must remove the thick veil with which the waters of the moorland are shrouded, and bring forth from its depths the living author of thy being and thy life. Who acts: I, that, thou. 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C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, that, thou), 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:pg27200:86:93 # text = I cannot lead thee to Hedeby that thou mayst receive Christian baptism, for first thou must remove the thick veil with which the waters of the moorland are shrouded, and bring forth from its depths the living author of thy being and thy life. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Hedeby Hedeby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 9 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 10 mayst may AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 12 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 baptism baptism NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 19 advmod _ _ 17 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 18 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 remove remove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 moorland moorland NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 shrouded shroud VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 35 forth forth ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 depths depth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 author author NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 43 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nmod:poss _ _ 44 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 cop _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **lead** | can | I | thee | Hedeby | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thou=Theme to hedeby=Destination | | 2 | **receive** | may | that | Christian baptism | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baptism=Theme | | 3 | **remove** | must | thou | the thick veil | | | | first *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent veil=Theme | | 4 | **shroud** | present · passive | | the waters of the moorland | | | | with the thick veil | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with which=Theme | | 5 | **bring** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | the living author | | water's depths | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent author=Theme from depth=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | of thy life | tree rules | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/94/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/)