--- title: And once a year, when I sit in my balcony in the sunshine, you must… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And once a year, when I sit in my balcony in the sunshine, you must lie at my feet as becomes a shadow to do; for I must tell you I am going to marry the princess, and our wedding will take place this evening." Who acts: I, you, wedding, our. 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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 (I, you, wedding, our), 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:pg27200:165:227 # text = And once a year, when I sit in my balcony in the sunshine, you must lie at my feet as becomes a shadow to do; for I must tell you I am going to marry the princess, and our wedding will take place this evening." 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 8 advmod _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 balcony balcony NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 xcomp _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 ccomp _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 47 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 48 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 49 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | present | I | | | my balcony | | in the sunshine; once *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in balcony=Location | | 2 | **lie** | must | you | | | my feet | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at foot=Location | | 3 | **become** | present | you *not said here* | a shadow | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a shadow *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | must | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **go** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **marry** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the princess | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | | 8 | **take** | future | our wedding | place | | | evening | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 9 | **wed** | | our | | | | | | nom wedding «event transitive»: poss=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:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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