i have such faith and trust in gaining pardon and grace from our lord if i die in the attempt, that i will put myself forward as the first.
여기서 in the attempt, 가 문법적으로 어떻게 설명이되고 해석이 연결되나요?

torn between their desire to stay alive and their desire to save the lives of the people in calais, they slowly set out on their difficult journey.
(being) torn 분사구문인건 알겠는데
while they were torn 이면 tear 의 pp형인데 타동사라 수동태로 쓰인건가요?
부탁드립니다.