--- title: They say he is here to make his beard grow," she thought; "but I kno… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They say he is here to make his beard grow," she thought; "but I know the real cause, he is unable to cast a shadow." Who acts: Sorrow, wish, beard, disease. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (Sorrow, wish, beard, disease), 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:pg27200:165:188 # text = They say he is here to make his beard grow," she thought; "but I know the real cause, he is unable to cast a shadow." 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 cast cast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Sorrow | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | wish | | | here | | make *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **grow** | present | wish's beard | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | disease | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **know** | present | I | the real cause | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer cause=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | present | wish | | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **cast** | to-infinitive | wish *not said here* | a shadow | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shadow=Product | 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 187](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/187/) - next →: [sentence 189](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/189/) - ↑ back to [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/)