--- title: “Only imagine--yes, it is true, such a poor shadow-skull cannot bear… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Only imagine--yes, it is true, such a poor shadow-skull cannot bear much--only think, my shadow has become mad; he thinks that he is a man, and that I--now only think--that I am his shadow!” Who acts: you, card, poor shadow skull, shadow. 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 (you, card, poor shadow skull, shadow), 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:pg1597:23:255 # text = “Only imagine--yes, it is true, such a poor shadow-skull cannot bear much--only think, my shadow has become mad; he thinks that he is a man, and that I--now only think--that I am his shadow!” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 imagine imagine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 -- -- PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 11 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 16 det:predet _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 13 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 14 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 skull skull NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 20 much much ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 only only ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 ccomp _ _ 29 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 -- -- PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 44 only only ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 46 -- -- PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 49 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ! ! PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **imagine** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | card | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **bear** *in a quote* | can | such poor shadow skull | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive | such poor shadow skull *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **become** *in a quote* | present · perfect | my shadow | | | | | mad *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | skull | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | skull | a man | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive | such poor shadow skull *= skull* | | | | now | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | such poor shadow skull *= skull* | skull's shadow | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **shadow** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom shadow «state transitive»: 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. 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 254](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/254/) - next →: [sentence 256](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/256/) - ↑ back to [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/)