--- title: “I have a golden bedroom,” he said softly to himself as he looked ro… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I have a golden bedroom,” he said softly to himself as he looked round, and he prepared to go to sleep; but just as he was putting his head under his wing a large drop of water fell on him. Who acts: wind, large drop. 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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 (wind, large drop), 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:pg902:1:47 # text = “I have a golden bedroom,” he said softly to himself as he looked round, and he prepared to go to sleep; but just as he was putting his head under his wing a large drop of water fell on him. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 bedroom bedroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 softly softly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obl _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 17 round round ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 prepared prepare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 just just ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 under under ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 drop drop NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | wind | a golden bedroom | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bedroom=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | wind | | wind | | | softly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **look round** | past | wind | | | | | round *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **prepare** | past | wind | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 5 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | wind *not said here* | | | sleep | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **put** | past · progressive | wind | wind's head | | wind's wing | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme under wing=Destination | | 7 | **fall** | past | a large drop of water | | | | | on wind | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on he=Location | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/1/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/1/48/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/1/)