Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, sentence 140
At the time I was with you, I thought not of that, but always--you know it well--when the sun rose, and when the sun went down, I became so strangely great; in the moonlight I was very near being more distinct than yourself; at that time I did not understand my nature; it was revealed to me in the antechamber!
Who acts: I, you, sun · What happens: be, not think, know, rise, go down, become · To what, where: that, relationship, moonlight, nature, sun, me
This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» 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 (I, you, sun), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 time | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 time | det |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 thought | obl |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 you | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 you | cop |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 you | case |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 time | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 time | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 thought | nsubj |
| 10 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 thought | advmod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 that | case |
| 13 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 thought | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 know | punct |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 19 know | cc |
| 16 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 19 know | advmod |
| 17 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 19 know | punct |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 19 know | nsubj |
| 19 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 thought | parataxis |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 know | obj |
| 21 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 19 know | advmod |
| 22 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 26 rose | punct |
| 23 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 26 rose | advmod |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 sun | det |
| 25 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 rose | nsubj |
| 26 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 thought | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 became | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 became | cc |
| 29 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 32 went | advmod |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 sun | det |
| 31 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 went | nsubj |
| 32 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 became | advcl |
| 33 | down | down | ADV | _ | 32 went | advmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 went | punct |
| 35 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 became | nsubj |
| 36 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 rose | conj |
| 37 | so | so | ADV | _ | 39 great | advmod |
| 38 | strangely | strangely | ADV | _ | 39 great | advmod |
| 39 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 became | xcomp |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 50 distinct | punct |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 moonlight | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 moonlight | det |
| 43 | moonlight | moonlight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 distinct | obl |
| 44 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 50 distinct | nsubj |
| 45 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 distinct | cop |
| 46 | very | very | ADV | _ | 50 distinct | advmod |
| 47 | near | near | ADP | _ | 50 distinct | mark |
| 48 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 50 distinct | cop |
| 49 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 50 distinct | advmod |
| 50 | distinct | distinct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 rose | conj |
| 51 | than | than | ADP | _ | 52 yourself | case |
| 52 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 50 distinct | obl |
| 53 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 60 understand | punct |
| 54 | at | at | ADP | _ | 56 time | case |
| 55 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 56 time | det |
| 56 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 understand | obl |
| 57 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 60 understand | nsubj |
| 58 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 60 understand | aux |
| 59 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 60 understand | advmod |
| 60 | understand | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 rose | advcl |
| 61 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 62 nature | nmod:poss |
| 62 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 understand | obj |
| 63 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 66 revealed | punct |
| 64 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 66 revealed | nsubj:pass |
| 65 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 66 revealed | aux:pass |
| 66 | revealed | reveal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 thought | conj |
| 67 | to | to | ADP | _ | 68 me | case |
| 68 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 66 revealed | obl |
| 69 | in | in | ADP | _ | 71 antechamber | case |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 antechamber | det |
| 71 | antechamber | antechamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 revealed | obl |
| 72 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 10 thought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | I | with you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not think speech: other | past | I | that | time | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=Theme | |||
| 3 | know | present | you | relationship | always, well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | rise | past | the sun | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | go down | past | the sun | down property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 6 | become | past | I | great property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 7 | is | past | I | the moonlight | than yourself; distinct property | tree rules | |||
| 8 | not understand | past · do-support | I | my nature | time | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nature=Stimulus | |||
| 9 | reveal | past · passive | sun | me | the antechamber | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to i=Recipient |
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: «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 1597 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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