--- title: They drove together, and rode and walked in company with each other,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They drove together, and rode and walked in company with each other, side by side, or one in front and the other behind, according to the position of the sun. 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The shadow always knew when to take the place of honor, but the learned man took no notice of it, for he had a good heart, and was exceedingly mild and friendly. **Who acts:** people, shadow, learned man, man · **What happens:** drive, ride, walk, accord, know, take · **To what, where:** side, company, place, notice, good heart This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (people, shadow, learned man, man), 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:pg27200:165:172 # text = They drove together, and rode and walked in company with each other, side by side, or one in front and the other behind, according to the position of the sun. The shadow always knew when to take the place of honor, but the learned man took no notice of it, for he had a good heart, and was exceedingly mild and friendly. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 together together ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 8 obl _ _ 13 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 obl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 26 behind behind ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 28 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 case _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 28 fixed _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sun. Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 38 advmod _ _ 38 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 39 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 but but CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 amod _ _ 50 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 52 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 53 det _ _ 53 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 for for ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 65 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 cop _ _ 66 exceedingly exceedingly ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 67 mild mild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 parataxis _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 69 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** | past | people | | | | | together *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ride** | past | | side by side | | | | one in front *obl*; behind *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **walk** | past | | | | company | | with each | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in company=Trajectory | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **know** | past | the shadow | | | | | accord the position of the sun.; always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **take** | to-infinitive | the shadow *not said here* | the place of honor | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 7 | **learn** | participle | | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **take** | past | the learned man | no notice of notice | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme | | 9 | **have** | past | man | a good heart | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 10 | **is** | past | | | | | | exceedingly, mild *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **notice** | | | notice | | | | | nom notice «communication transitive»: of=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:** «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 171](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/171/) - next →: [sentence 173](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/173/) - ↑ back to [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/)