--- title: “I am glad that you are going to Egypt at last, little Swallow,” sai… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I am glad that you are going to Egypt at last, little Swallow,” said the Prince, “you have stayed too long here; but you must kiss me on the lips, for I love you.” Who acts: Prince, you. 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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), 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:pg902:2:31 # text = “I am glad that you are going to Egypt at last, little Swallow,” said the Prince, “you have stayed too long here; but you must kiss me on the lips, for I love you.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 ccomp _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 Swallow swallow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 stayed stay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ _ 26 too too ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ _ 28 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 kiss kiss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 for for SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the Prince *= prince* | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | | Egypt | last little Swallow | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to egypt=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **stay** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | | | here | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **kiss** *in a quote* | must | you | the Prince *= prince* | | the lips | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Co-Agent | | 6 | **love** *in a quote* | present | the Prince *= prince* | you | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/2/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/2/32/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/2/)