--- title: “I admit that she is domestic,” he continued, “but I love travelling… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I admit that she is domestic,” he continued, “but I love travelling, and my wife, consequently, should love travelling also.” Who acts: I, Reed, wind, Swallow. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Reed, wind, Swallow), 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:pg902:1:37 # text = “I admit that she is domestic,” he continued, “but I love travelling, and my wife, consequently, should love travelling also.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 admit admit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 domestic domestic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 17 travelling travel VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 consequently consequently ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 25 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 love love VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 27 travelling travel VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 xcomp _ _ 28 also also ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **admit** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Reed | | | | | domestic *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **continue** | past | wind | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **love** *in a quote* | present | Swallow | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **travel** *not said to happen, in a quote* | gerund | Swallow *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **love** *in a quote* | should | my wife | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **travel** *not said to happen, in a quote* | gerund | my wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/1/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/1/38/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/1/)