--- title: But with me she will not dance, for I have no red rose to give her”;… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But with me she will not dance, for I have no red rose to give her”; and he flung himself down on the grass, and buried his face in his hands, and wept. Who acts: love, I, Rose. 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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 (love, I, Rose), 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:pg902:2:81 # text = But with me she will not dance, for I have no red rose to give her”; and he flung himself down on the grass, and buried his face in his hands, and wept. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 for for SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 14 det _ _ 13 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ” " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 23 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obj _ _ 24 down down ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 buried bury VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **dance** | future | love | | | | | with me | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | I | no red rose | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rose=Patient | | 3 | **give** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | no red rose *not said here* | love | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 4 | **fling down** *in a quote* | past | Rose | Rose | | the grass | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme on grass=Destination | | 5 | **bury** *in a quote* | past | Rose *not said here* | Rose's face | | Rose's hands | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent face=Theme in hand=Destination | | 6 | **weep** *in a quote* | past | Rose *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/2/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/2/82/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/2/)