--- title: "Poor shadow!" said the princess; "it is very unfortunate for him; i… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Poor shadow!" said the princess; "it is very unfortunate for him; it would really be a good deed to free him from his frail existence; and, indeed, when I think how often people take the part of the lower class against the higher, in these days, it would be policy to put him out of the way quietly. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/242/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/) / 242 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Shadow, sentence 242 "Poor shadow!" said the princess; "it is very unfortunate for him; it would really be a good deed to free him from his frail existence; and, indeed, when I think how often people take the part of the lower class against the higher, in these days, it would be policy to put him out of the way quietly." **Who acts:** Poor shadow, chance, people, wedding · **What happens:** say, be, think, take, put, exist · **To what, where:** princess, good deed, part, policy, wedding, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Poor shadow, chance, people, wedding), 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:pg27200:165:242 # text = "Poor shadow!" said the princess; "it is very unfortunate for him; it would really be a good deed to free him from his frail existence; and, indeed, when I think how often people take the part of the lower class against the higher, in these days, it would be policy to put him out of the way quietly." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 unfortunate unfortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 20 really really ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 frail frail ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 existence existence NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 40 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 41 often often ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 49 amod _ _ 49 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 50 against against ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 52 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 56 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 56 det _ _ 56 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 59 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 60 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 61 cop _ _ 61 policy policy NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 parataxis _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 acl _ _ 64 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ _ 65 out out ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 69 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Poor shadow | the princess | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent princess=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | chance | | | | | for wedding; unfortunate *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | would | chance | a good deed | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | Poor shadow *= shadow* | | | | | indeed *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | present | people | the part of the lower class | | | day | often *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | would | chance | policy | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **put** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | wedding | | the way | | quietly *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme out way=Destination | | 8 | **exist** *in a quote* | | wedding | | | | | | nom existence «state intransitive»: 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 241](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/241/) - next →: [sentence 243](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/243/) - ↑ back to [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/)