Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, XV. the Conclusion, sentence 69
Merciful God, enlighten my understanding, shed light upon my heart; for I cannot comprehend the arrangements of Thy providence, even while I bow to the decree of Thy almighty wisdom and power."
Who acts: Merciful God, I, my, almighty wisdom · What happens: enlighten, shed, not comprehend, bow, understand, arrange · To what, where: understanding, arrangements, providence
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, XV. the Conclusion. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Merciful God, I, my, almighty wisdom), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merciful | Merciful | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 God | compound |
| 2 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 enlighten | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 enlighten | punct |
| 4 | enlighten | enlighten | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 understanding | nmod:poss |
| 6 | understanding | understanding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 enlighten | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 light | punct |
| 8 | shed | shed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 light | amod |
| 9 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 understanding | conj |
| 10 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 12 heart | case |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 heart | nmod:poss |
| 12 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 light | nmod |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 comprehend | punct |
| 14 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 18 comprehend | mark |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 comprehend | nsubj |
| 16 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 comprehend | aux |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 comprehend | advmod |
| 18 | comprehend | comprehend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 enlighten | parataxis |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 arrangements | det |
| 20 | arrangements | arrangement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 comprehend | obj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 providence | case |
| 22 | Thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 23 providence | nmod:poss |
| 23 | providence | providence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 arrangements | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 bow | punct |
| 25 | even | even | ADV | _ | 28 bow | advmod |
| 26 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 28 bow | mark |
| 27 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 bow | nsubj |
| 28 | bow | bow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 comprehend | conj |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 decree | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 decree | det |
| 31 | decree | decree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 bow | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 wisdom | case |
| 33 | Thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 35 wisdom | nmod:poss |
| 34 | almighty | almighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 wisdom | amod |
| 35 | wisdom | wisdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 decree | nmod |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 power | cc |
| 37 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 wisdom | conj |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 enlighten | punct |
| 39 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 enlighten | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enlighten | infinitive | Merciful God | my understanding and shed light upon my heart | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus understanding=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | shed | participle | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | ||||||
| 3 | not comprehend | can | I | the arrangements of Thy providence | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arrangement=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | bow | present | I | to the decree of Thy almighty wisdom and power | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to decree=Theme | ||||
| 5 | understand | my | nom understanding «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 6 | arrange | Thy providence | nom arrangement «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 7 | decree | Thy almighty wisdom and power | nom decree «communication intransitive»: of=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.
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