--- title: "Yes, I will tell you all about it," said the shadow, sitting down;… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Yes, I will tell you all about it," said the shadow, sitting down; "but then you must promise me never to tell in this city, wherever you may meet me, that I have been your shadow. Who acts: shadow, you. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Shadow, with its --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/80/) [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/) / 80 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Shadow, sentence 80 "Yes, I will tell you all about it," said the shadow, sitting down; "but then you must promise me never to tell in this city, wherever you may meet me, that I have been your shadow. **Who acts:** shadow, you · **What happens:** tell, say, sit down, promise, not tell, meet · **To what, where:** you, shadow, city · **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 (shadow, you), 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:pg27200:165:80 # text = "Yes, I will tell you all about it," said the shadow, sitting down; "but then you must promise me never to tell in this city, wherever you may meet me, that I have been your shadow. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 nmod:unmarked _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 advcl _ _ 18 down down ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 parataxis _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 parataxis _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 42 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 43 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 cop _ _ 44 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | the shadow *= shadow* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the shadow | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **sit down** | gerund | the shadow *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | must | you | | the shadow *= shadow* | | then | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | this city | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **meet** *in a quote* | may | you | the shadow *= shadow* | | | | wherever *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Co-Agent | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the shadow *= shadow* | your shadow | | | | | tree rules | 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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