--- title: “I am covered with fine gold,” said the Prince, “you must take it of… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I am covered with fine gold,” said the Prince, “you must take it off, leaf by leaf, and give it to my poor; the living always think that gold can make them happy.” Who acts: Prince, you, living, gold. 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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 (Prince, you, living, gold), 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:pg902:2:20 # text = “I am covered with fine gold,” said the Prince, “you must take it off, leaf by leaf, and give it to my poor; the living always think that gold can make them happy.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 off off ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 living living NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 35 advmod _ _ 35 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the Prince *= prince* | | | | with fine gold | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with gold=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take off** *in a quote* | must | you | gold | | | | by leaf; leaf *obl* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | gold | my poor | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to poor=Recipient | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive | the living | | | | | always *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **make** *in a quote* | can | gold | leaves *= leaf* | | | | happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material they=Product | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/2/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/2/21/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/2/)