--- title: “Why, I declare the Shoes look just like my own,” said one of the cl… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Why, I declare the Shoes look just like my own,” said one of the clerks, eying the newly-found treasure, whose hidden powers, even he, sharp as he was, was not able to discover. Who acts: I, Shoes, circumstance. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Shoes, circumstance), 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:pg1597:8:7 # text = “Why, I declare the Shoes look just like my own,” said one of the clerks, eying the newly-found treasure, whose hidden powers, even he, sharp as he was, was not able to discover. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 declare declare VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 clerks clerk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 eying eie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 23 newly newly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 amod _ _ 26 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 powers power NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 even even ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 parataxis _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 ccomp _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **declare** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **look** *in a quote* | present | the Shoes | | | | | own *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | one of the clerks | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **eie** | gerund | | the found treasure and the found treasure and the found treasure's hidden powers's hidden powers | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **find** | participle | | | | | | newly *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **be** | past | circumstance | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **is** | past | | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **discover** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/8/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/8/8/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/8/)