--- title: "It was all that you describe," said the shadow; "but I did not go q… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "It was all that you describe," said the shadow; "but I did not go quite in--I remained in the twilight of the ante-room--but I was in a very good position,--I could see and hear all that was going on in the court of poetry." Who acts: sky, shadow, 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 (sky, shadow, 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:pg27200:165:113 # text = "It was all that you describe," said the shadow; "but I did not go quite in--I remained in the twilight of the ante-room--but I was in a very good position,--I could see and hear all that was going on in the court of poetry." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 describe describe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 20 quite quite ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 in in SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 twilight twilight NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 ante ante NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 very very ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 parataxis _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 49 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 52 det:predet _ _ 50 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 nsubj _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 48 ccomp _ _ 53 on on ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 poetry poetry NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | sky | | | | | describe *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the shadow | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **go** *in a quote* | past · do-support | the shadow *= shadow* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **remain** *in a quote* | past | the shadow *= shadow* | | | the twilight of the ante room | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in twilight=Location | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the shadow *= shadow* | | | a good position | | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | could | the shadow *= shadow* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **hear** *in a quote* | infinitive | the shadow *= shadow* *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **go on** *in a quote* | past · progressive | that | | | the court of poetry | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in court=Location | 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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/114/) - ↑ back to [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/)