--- title: It was the shoes that caused the metamorphosis by means of which, un… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It was the shoes that caused the metamorphosis by means of which, unknown to himself, he took upon him the thoughts and feelings of the officer; but, as we have just seen, he felt himself in his new situation much less contented, and now preferred the very thing which but some minutes before he had --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/79/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/) / [The Shoes of Fortune, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/) / 79 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 2, sentence 79 It was the shoes that caused the metamorphosis by means of which, unknown to himself, he took upon him the thoughts and feelings of the officer; but, as we have just seen, he felt himself in his new situation much less contented, and now preferred the very thing which but some minutes before he had rejected. **Who acts:** picture, shoes, watchman, we · **What happens:** be, cause, mean, take, see, feel · **To what, where:** shoes, metamorphosis, thoughts, watchman, new situation, thing This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (picture, shoes, watchman, we), 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:pg1597:6:79 # text = It was the shoes that caused the metamorphosis by means of which, unknown to himself, he took upon him the thoughts and feelings of the officer; but, as we have just seen, he felt himself in his new situation much less contented, and now preferred the very thing which but some minutes before he had rejected. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 metamorphosis metamorphosis NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 10 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 upon upon ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 feelings feeling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 officer officer NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 just just ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 40 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 situation situation NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 much much ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 47 advmod _ _ 47 contented content VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 51 preferred prefer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 very very ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 55 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 62 obj _ _ 56 but but CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 57 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 58 det _ _ 58 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nsubj:pass _ _ 59 before before SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj:pass _ _ 61 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 rejected reject VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | picture | the shoes | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cause** | past | the shoes | the metamorphosis | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition metamorphosis=Patient | | 3 | **mean** | present | the shoes | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take** | past | watchman | the thoughts and feelings of the officer | | | | upon I. | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Theme | | 5 | **see** | present · perfect | we | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **feel** | past | watchman | watchman | | watchman's new situation | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Theme in situation=Location | | 7 | **content** | participle | | watchman's new situation *not said here* | | | | less *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **prefer** | past | watchman *not said here* | the thing | | | now | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 9 | **reject** | past · perfect · passive | | some minutes | | | | | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/80/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/)