--- title: “Now I shall tell you my adventures,” said the shadow; and then he s… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Now I shall tell you my adventures,” said the shadow; and then he sat, with the polished boots, as heavily as he could, on the arm of the learned man's new shadow, which lay like a poodle-dog at his feet. Who acts: shadow, man, new shadow, my. 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, man, new shadow, my), 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:pg1597:23:98 # text = “Now I shall tell you my adventures,” said the shadow; and then he sat, with the polished boots, as heavily as he could, on the arm of the learned man's new shadow, which lay like a poodle-dog at his feet. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 polished polish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 amod _ _ 23 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 as as ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 heavily heavily ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 37 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 's 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 like like ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 poodle poodle NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | shall | the shadow *= shadow* | my adventures | you | | now | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient adventure=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the shadow | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **sit** | past | man | | | the arm of the learned man's new shadow | then | with the polished boots | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on arm=Location | | 4 | **polish** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **learn** | participle | | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **lie** | past | the learned man's new shadow | | | | | like a poodle dog at man's feet | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **adventure** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **shadow** | | the learned man | | | | | | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/99/) - ↑ back to [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/)