--- title: “Yes, I will tell you all about it,” said the shadow, and sat down:… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Yes, I will tell you all about it,” said the shadow, and sat down: “but then you must also promise me, that, wherever you may meet me, you will never say to anyone here in the town that I have been your shadow. Who acts: shadow, you, town. 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 (shadow, you, town), 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:pg1597:23:92 # text = “Yes, I will tell you all about it,” said the shadow, and sat down: “but then you must also promise me, that, wherever you may meet me, you will never say to anyone here in the town that I have been your shadow. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 nmod:unmarked _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 19 down down ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 also also ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 parataxis _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 41 obl _ _ 44 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 50 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 51 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 53 cop _ _ 52 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | the shadow *= shadow* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the shadow | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **sit down** | past | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | must | you | that | the shadow *= shadow* | | then | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **meet** *in a quote* | may | you | the shadow *= shadow* | | | | wherever *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Co-Agent | | 6 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | you | | anyone | the town; here | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to anyone=Recipient | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the town | your shadow | | | | | tree rules | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/93/) - ↑ back to [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/)