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title: Thou shalt always live with me in the palace, drive with me in my ro… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Thou shalt always live with me in the palace, drive with me in my royal carriage, and have ten thousand pounds a year; but then thou must submit to be called SHADOW by all and everyone; thou must not say that thou hast ever been a man; and once a year, when I sit on the balcony in the sunshine, thou
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# Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, sentence 239

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Thou shalt always live with me in the palace, drive with me in my royal carriage, and have ten thousand pounds a year; but then thou must submit to be called SHADOW by all and everyone; thou must not say that thou hast ever been a man; and once a year, when I sit on the balcony in the sunshine, thou must lie at my feet, as a shadow shall do!

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**Who acts:** Thou, I, shadow · **What happens:** live, drive, have, submit, call, not say · **To what, where:** palace, royal carriage, thousand pounds, SHADOW, man, balcony · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Thou, I, shadow), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg1597:23:239
# text = Thou shalt always live with me in the palace, drive with me in my royal carriage, and have ten thousand pounds a year; but then thou must submit to be called SHADOW by all and everyone; thou must not say that thou hast ever been a man; and once a year, when I sit on the balcony in the sunshine, thou must lie at my feet, as a shadow shall do!
1	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
2	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	drive	drive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
21	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	compound	_	_
22	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	23	nummod	_	_
23	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	_
27	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
28	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	31	advmod	_	_
29	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	31	nsubj	_	_
30	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
31	submit	submit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
32	to	to	PART	TO	_	34	mark	_	_
33	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	aux:pass	_	_
34	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	advcl	_	_
35	SHADOW	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	xcomp	_	_
36	by	by	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	34	xcomp	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	37	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
41	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	44	nsubj	_	_
42	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
43	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	44	advmod	_	_
44	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	conj	_	_
45	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	51	mark	_	_
46	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	51	nsubj	_	_
47	hast	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
48	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	51	advmod	_	_
49	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	51	cop	_	_
50	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
54	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	56	advmod	_	_
55	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
58	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	60	advmod	_	_
59	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	_
60	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
61	on	on	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	balcony	balcony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	_
64	in	in	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
68	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	70	nsubj	_	_
69	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	70	aux	_	_
70	lie	lie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	60	conj	_	_
71	at	at	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
72	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	73	nmod:poss	_	_
73	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	70	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	79	punct	_	_
75	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	79	mark	_	_
76	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	77	det	_	_
77	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	nsubj	_	_
78	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	79	aux	_	_
79	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	70	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | shall | Thou |  |  | the palace | year | with me; always *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with i=Location |
| 2 | **drive** | infinitive |  |  |  | my royal carriage |  | with me | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **have** | present | Thou *not said here* | thousand pounds |  |  | year |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pound=Patient |
| 4 | **submit** | must | thou |  |  |  | then |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **call** | to-infinitive · passive | thou *not said here* | SHADOW |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» |
| 6 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | must | thou |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **is a** | present · perfect | thou | a man |  |  | ever |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **sit** | present | I |  |  | the balcony |  | in the sunshine | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on balcony=Location |
| 9 | **lie** | must | thou |  |  | my feet |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at foot=Location |
| 10 | **do** | shall | a shadow |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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