--- title: “He is very unfortunate; it would be a real work of charity to deliv… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “He is very unfortunate; it would be a real work of charity to deliver him from the little life he has, and, when I think properly over the matter, I am of opinion that it will be necessary to do away with him in all stillness!” Who acts: skull, consternation, Poor shadow. 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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 (skull, consternation, Poor 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:pg1597:23:260 # text = “He is very unfortunate; it would be a real work of charity to deliver him from the little life he has, and, when I think properly over the matter, I am of opinion that it will be necessary to do away with him in all stillness!” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 unfortunate unfortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 charity charity NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 30 properly properly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 over over ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 expl _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 43 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 csubj _ _ 46 away away ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 51 det _ _ 51 stillness stillness NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ! ! PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | skull | | | | | unfortunate *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | would | consternation | a real work | | | | of charity | tree rules | | 3 | **deliver** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | skull *not said here* | skull | | the little life | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme from life=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | skull | the little life *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | Poor shadow *= shadow* | | | the matter | | properly *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | of opinion | tree rules | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | future | | | | | | necessary *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **do away** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | all stillness | | with skull; away *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 259](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/259/) - next →: [sentence 261](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/261/) - ↑ back to [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/)