--- title: “You have rightly chosen,” said God, “for in my garden of Paradise t… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “You have rightly chosen,” said God, “for in my garden of Paradise this little bird shall sing for evermore, and in my city of gold the Happy Prince shall praise me.” Who acts: You, God, little bird, Happy Prince. 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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 (You, God, little bird, Happy Prince), 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:pg902:2:58 # text = “You have rightly chosen,” said God, “for in my garden of Paradise this little bird shall sing for evermore, and in my city of gold the Happy Prince shall praise me.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 rightly rightly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Paradise Paradise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 evermore evermore ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 Happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 praise praise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** *in a quote* | present · perfect | You | | | | | rightly *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | God | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | shall | this little bird | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for evermore=Recipient | | 4 | **praise** *in a quote* | shall | the Happy Prince | God | | my city of gold | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/2/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/2/59/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/2/)