--- title: “Your Royal Highness must be improving considerably,” said the shado… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Your Royal Highness must be improving considerably,” said the shadow, “I know your complaint is, that you see too clearly, but it has decreased, you are cured. Who acts: Royal Highness, shadow, complaint, your. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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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 (Royal Highness, shadow, complaint, your), 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:pg1597:23:200 # text = “Your Royal Highness must be improving considerably,” said the shadow, “I know your complaint is, that you see too clearly, but it has decreased, you are cured. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 Royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Highness highness NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux _ _ 7 improving improve VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 8 considerably considerably ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 18 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 complaint complaint NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 25 too too ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 decreased decrease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 cured cure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **improve** *in a quote* | must · progressive | Your Royal Highness | | | | | considerably *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the shadow | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the shadow *= shadow* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | your complaint | | | | | clearly, see *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **decrease** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | complaint | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **cure** *in a quote* | present · passive | | you | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source | | 7 | **complain** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom complaint «state intransitive»: poss=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:** «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. 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