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# Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, sentence 97

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It was dressed entirely in black, and of the very finest cloth; it had patent leather boots, and a hat that could be folded together, so that it was bare crown and brim; not to speak of what we already know it had--seals, gold neck-chain, and diamond rings; yes, the shadow was well-dressed, and it was just that which made it quite a man.

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**Who acts:** bond, we · **What happens:** dress, have, fold, be, not speak, know · **To what, where:** bond, black, patent leather boots, hat, seals, shadow · **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 (bond, we), 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:pg1597:23:97
# text = It was dressed entirely in black, and of the very finest cloth; it had patent leather boots, and a hat that could be folded together, so that it was bare crown and brim; not to speak of what we already know it had--seals, gold neck-chain, and diamond rings; yes, the shadow was well-dressed, and it was just that which made it quite a man.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	very	very	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	finest	fine	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
17	patent	patent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
24	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	27	nsubj:pass	_	_
25	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
26	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	aux:pass	_	_
27	folded	fold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl:relcl	_	_
28	together	together	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
30	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	35	case	_	_
31	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	30	fixed	_	_
32	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
33	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	cop	_	_
34	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	brim	brim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	41	punct	_	_
39	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	41	advmod	_	_
40	to	to	PART	TO	_	41	mark	_	_
41	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	41	obl	_	_
44	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
45	already	already	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
46	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	acl:relcl	_	_
47	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
48	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
52	gold	gold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
53	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	53	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
58	diamond	diamond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	compound	_	_
59	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	68	punct	_	_
61	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	68	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	nsubj:pass	_	_
65	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	68	aux:pass	_	_
66	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	68	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	66	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	76	punct	_	_
70	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	76	cc	_	_
71	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	74	nsubj	_	_
72	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	74	cop	_	_
73	just	just	ADV	RB	_	74	advmod	_	_
74	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	76	obl	_	_
75	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	76	nsubj	_	_
76	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	68	conj	_	_
77	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	76	obj	_	_
78	quite	quite	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	80	det:predet	_	_
79	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	80	det	_	_
80	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	76	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dress** | past · passive |  | bond |  | black |  | of the finest cloth; entirely *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | past | bond | patent leather boots |  |  |  | a hat *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Patient |
| 3 | **fold** | could · passive |  | a hat |  |  |  | together *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 4 | **is** | past | bond |  |  |  |  | so bare crown and brim | tree rules |
| 5 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  | seals and gold neck chain and diamond rings |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **know** | present | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 7 | **have** | past | bond |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **dress** | past · passive |  | the shadow |  |  |  | well *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 9 | **is a** | past | bond | that |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **make** | past |  | bond |  |  |  | quite man *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

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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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