--- title: Now this was perhaps from arrogance; and the shadow on the ground ke… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now this was perhaps from arrogance; and the shadow on the ground kept itself so still and quiet, that it might hear all that passed: it wished to know how it could get free, and work its way up, so as to become its own master. Who acts: this, shadow, ground, that. 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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 (this, shadow, ground, that), 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:pg1597:23:99 # text = Now this was perhaps from arrogance; and the shadow on the ground kept itself so still and quiet, that it might hear all that passed: it wished to know how it could get free, and work its way up, so as to become its own master. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 arrogance arrogance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 15 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obj _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 still still ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 37 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 41 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 up up ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 so so ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 49 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 50 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | this | | | arrogance | now | perhaps *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | past | the shadow on the ground | ground | | | still | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | might | ground | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **pass** | past | that | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **wish** | past | ground | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | ground *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **get** | could | ground | | | | | free *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **work up** | infinitive | ground *not said here* | ground's way | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent way=Material | | 9 | **become** | to-infinitive | ground *not said here* | ground's own master | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/100/) - ↑ back to [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/)