--- title: I had been once more called a good, honest shilling, and I was to go… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I had been once more called a good, honest shilling, and I was to go back to my own home, where each and all would recognize me, and know that I was made of good silver, and bore a true, genuine stamp. Who acts: I, each. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Silver Shilling. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, each), 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:pg27200:167:80 # text = I had been once more called a good, honest shilling, and I was to go back to my own home, where each and all would recognize me, and know that I was made of good silver, and bore a true, genuine stamp. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 6 advmod _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 shilling shilling NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 18 back back ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 25 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 29 nsubj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 conj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 recognize recognize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 ccomp _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 45 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 47 genuine genuine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 stamp stamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past · perfect · passive | | I | | | | once *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | past | I | | | | | to my own home; go *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **recognize** | would | each | me | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 4 | **know** | present | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **make** | past · passive | | I | | | | of good silver | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 6 | **bear** | past | | a true genuine stamp | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stamp=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. 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/167/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/167/81/) - ↑ back to [The Silver Shilling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/167/)