--- title: Now I will relate to you what you wish to know," said the shadow, pl… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Now I will relate to you what you wish to know," said the shadow, placing his foot with the polished leather boot as firmly as possible on the arm of the new shadow of the learned man, which lay at his feet like a poodle dog. Who acts: I, you, learned man. 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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, learned man), 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:pg27200:165:88 # text = Now I will relate to you what you wish to know," said the shadow, placing his foot with the polished leather boot as firmly as possible on the arm of the new shadow of the learned man, which lay at his feet like a poodle dog. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 relate relate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 placing place VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 polished polish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 amod _ _ 24 leather leather NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 boot boot NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 26 as as ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 advcl _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 amod _ _ 40 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 47 like like ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 poodle poodle NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **relate** | future | I | | you | | now | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to you=Recipient | | 2 | **wish** | present | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the shadow | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **place** *in a quote* | gerund | | man's foot | | the arm of the new shadow of the learned man | | with the polished leather boot; firmly *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme on arm=Destination | | 6 | **polish** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **learn** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **lie** *in a quote* | past | the learned man | | | man's feet like a poodle dog | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at foot=Location | | 9 | **shadow** *in a quote* | | | the learned man | | | | | nom shadow «state transitive»: of=patient | 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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