--- title: At the time I was with you, I thought not of that, but always--you k… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At the time I was with you, I thought not of that, but always--you know it well--when the sun rose, and when the sun went down, I became so strangely great; in the moonlight I was very near being more distinct than yourself; at that time I did not understand my nature; it was revealed to me in the a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/140/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/) / [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/) / 140 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, sentence 140 At the time I was with you, I thought not of that, but always--you know it well--when the sun rose, and when the sun went down, I became so strangely great; in the moonlight I was very near being more distinct than yourself; at that time I did not understand my nature; it was revealed to me in the antechamber! **Who acts:** I, you, sun · **What happens:** be, not think, know, rise, go down, become · **To what, where:** that, relationship, moonlight, nature, sun, me This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Shadow. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you, sun), 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:pg1597:23:140 # text = At the time I was with you, I thought not of that, but always--you know it well--when the sun rose, and when the sun went down, I became so strangely great; in the moonlight I was very near being more distinct than yourself; at that time I did not understand my nature; it was revealed to me in the antechamber! 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 33 down down ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 strangely strangely ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 moonlight moonlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 46 very very ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 47 near near ADP IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 cop _ _ 49 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 50 advmod _ _ 50 distinct distinct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 51 than than ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 54 at at ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 56 det _ _ 56 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 57 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 58 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 60 advmod _ _ 60 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 61 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ; ; PUNCT : _ 66 punct _ _ 64 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj:pass _ _ 65 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 aux:pass _ _ 66 revealed reveal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 67 to to ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 66 obl _ _ 69 in in ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 antechamber antechamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ! ! PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | I | | | | | with you | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past | I | that | | | time | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=Theme | | 3 | **know** | present | you | relationship | | | | always, well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **rise** | past | the sun | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **go down** | past | the sun | | | | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **become** | past | I | | | | | great *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **is** | past | I | | | the moonlight | | than yourself; distinct *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **understand** | past · do-support | I | my nature | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nature=Stimulus | | 9 | **reveal** | past · passive | | sun | me | the antechamber | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to i=Recipient | 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:** «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 1597 (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 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/139/) - next →: [sentence 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/141/) - ↑ back to [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/)