--- title: "I have gone through the most terrible affair that could possibly ha… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "I have gone through the most terrible affair that could possibly happen," said the shadow; "only imagine, my shadow has gone mad; I suppose such a poor, shallow brain, could not bear much; he fancies that he has become a real man, and that I am his shadow." 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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 (shadow, terrible affair, wedding, my), 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:pg27200:165:239 # text = "I have gone through the most terrible affair that could possibly happen," said the shadow; "only imagine, my shadow has gone mad; I suppose such a poor, shallow brain, could not bear much; he fancies that he has become a real man, and that I am his shadow." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 ccomp _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 8 advmod _ _ 8 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 affair affair NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 only only ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 parataxis _ _ 28 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 suppose suppose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 32 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 37 det:predet _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 34 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 shallow shallow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 bear bear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 37 parataxis _ _ 42 much much ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 fancies fancy VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 ccomp _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 55 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 57 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 " " PUNCT '' _ 59 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the shadow *= shadow* | | | the terrible affair | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through affair=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **happen** *in a quote* | could | the terrible affair | | | | | possibly *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the shadow | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **imagine** *in a quote* | infinitive | the shadow *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | present · perfect | my shadow | | | | | mad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **suppose** *in a quote* | present | the shadow *= shadow* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **bear** *in a quote* | could | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **fancy** *in a quote* | present | wedding | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **become** *in a quote* | present · perfect | wedding | a real man | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the shadow *= shadow* | wedding's shadow | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **shadow** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom shadow «state 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. 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 238](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/238/) - next →: [sentence 240](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/240/) - ↑ back to [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/)