--- title: “I hope my dress will be ready in time for the State-ball,” she answ… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I hope my dress will be ready in time for the State-ball,” she answered; “I have ordered passion-flowers to be embroidered on it; but the seamstresses are so lazy.” Who acts: girl, dress, Swallow, seamstresses. 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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 (girl, dress, Swallow, seamstresses), 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:pg902:1:95 # text = “I hope my dress will be ready in time for the State-ball,” she answered; “I have ordered passion-flowers to be embroidered on it; but the seamstresses are so lazy.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 State State PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 ordered order VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 25 passion passion NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 embroidered embroider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 seamstresses seamstress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 37 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 lazy lazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hope** *in a quote* | present | girl | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | future | my dress | | | | time | for the State ball; ready *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | girl | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **order** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Swallow | passion flowers | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Theme | | 5 | **embroider** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | Swallow *not said here* | | | dress | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: on it=Destination | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the seamstresses | | | | | lazy *property* | tree rules | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/1/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/1/96/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/1/)