--- title: And so they travelled; the shadow was master, and the master was the… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And so they travelled; the shadow was master, and the master was the shadow; they drove with each other, they rode and walked together, side by side, before and behind, just as the sun was; the shadow always took care to keep itself in the master's place. Who acts: comrades, shadow, master, sun. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (comrades, shadow, master, 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:pg1597:23:187 # text = And so they travelled; the shadow was master, and the master was the shadow; they drove with each other, they rode and walked together, side by side, before and behind, just as the sun was; the shadow always took care to keep itself in the master's place. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 travelled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 master master ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 19 obl _ _ 22 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 28 together together ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 before before ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 behind behind ADV RB _ 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 just just ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 47 advmod _ _ 47 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 48 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 51 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 50 obj _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 55 's 's PART POS _ 54 case _ _ 56 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | past | comrades *= comrade* | | | | | before *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the shadow | | | | | master *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | the master | the shadow | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **drive** | past | comrades *= comrade* | | | | | with each | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **ride** | past | comrades *= comrade* | side | | | | by side | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **walk** | past | comrades *= comrade* *not said here* | | | | | together *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **be** | past | the sun | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **take** | past | the shadow | care | | | | always *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 9 | **keep** | to-infinitive | the shadow *not said here* | care | | the master's place | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent itself=Theme in place=Location | 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 186](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/186/) - next →: [sentence 188](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/188/) - ↑ back to [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/)