--- title: But--it really is not pride on my part, as a free man and possessing… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But--it really is not pride on my part, as a free man and possessing the knowledge that I do, besides my position, not to speak of my wealth--I wish you would say you to me instead of thou." Who acts: blaze, I, pride, you. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (blaze, I, pride, you), 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:pg27200:165:105 # text = But--it really is not pride on my part, as a free man and possessing the knowledge that I do, besides my position, not to speak of my wealth--I wish you would say you to me instead of thou." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 -- -- PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 possessing possess VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obj _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 besides besides VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 43 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 45 case _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 43 fixed _ _ 45 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | blaze | pride and a free man | | my part | | | tree rules | | 2 | **possess** | gerund | blaze *not said here* | the knowledge | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot knowledge=Theme | | 3 | **do** | present | I | the knowledge | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 4 | **besides** | infinitive | pride and a free man | my position | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | pride and a free man *not said here* | | | | | of my wealth | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **wish** | present | I | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | you | you | me | | | instead thou | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Topic to i=Recipient | 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:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/106/) - ↑ back to [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/)