--- title: “He is as beautiful as a weathercock,” remarked one of the Town Coun… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “He is as beautiful as a weathercock,” remarked one of the Town Councillors who wished to gain a reputation for having artistic tastes; “only not quite so useful,” he added, fearing lest people should think him unpractical, which he really was not. Who acts: Friend, Town Councillors, reputation, peo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/1/19/) [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/) / [The Happy Prince, and Other Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/) / [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/1/) / 19 # The Happy Prince, and Other Tales, Opening, part 1, sentence 19 “He is as beautiful as a weathercock,” remarked one of the Town Councillors who wished to gain a reputation for having artistic tastes; “only not quite so useful,” he added, fearing lest people should think him unpractical, which he really was not. **Who acts:** Friend, Town Councillors, reputation, people · **What happens:** be, remark, wish, gain, have, add · **To what, where:** one, reputation, artistic tastes, Friend · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Happy Prince, and Other Tales» by Oscar Wilde, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Friend, Town Councillors, reputation, people), 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:pg902:1:19 # text = “He is as beautiful as a weathercock,” remarked one of the Town Councillors who wished to gain a reputation for having artistic tastes; “only not quite so useful,” he added, fearing lest people should think him unpractical, which he really was not. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 as as ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 weathercock weathercock NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 11 remarked remark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 Town Town PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 Councillors Councillor PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 reputation reputation NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 acl _ _ 25 artistic artistic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 tastes taste NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 only only ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 31 quite quite ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ” " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 fearing fear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 advcl _ _ 40 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 42 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 unpractical unpractical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 obj _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 really really ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 parataxis _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Friend | | | | | as a weathercock; beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **remark** *speech: assert* | participle | Friend *not said here* | one of the Town Councillors | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent one=Topic | | 3 | **wish** | past | the Town Councillors | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **gain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Town Councillors *not said here* | a reputation | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reputation=Theme | | 5 | **have** | gerund | a reputation *not said here* | artistic tastes | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taste=Patient | | 6 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | Friend | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **fear** | gerund | Friend *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | should | people | Friend | | | | unpractical *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | | 9 | **not** **be** | past | Friend | | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot which=Theme | 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:** «The Happy Prince, and Other Tales» by Oscar Wilde, Project Gutenberg book 902 (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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/1/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/1/20/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/1/)