--- title: “My roses are yellow,” it answered; “as yellow as the hair of the me… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “My roses are yellow,” it answered; “as yellow as the hair of the mermaiden who sits upon an amber throne, and yellower than the daffodil that blooms in the meadow before the mower comes with his scythe. Who acts: roses, tree, mermaiden, daffodil. 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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 (roses, tree, mermaiden, daffodil), 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:pg902:2:98 # text = “My roses are yellow,” it answered; “as yellow as the hair of the mermaiden who sits upon an amber throne, and yellower than the daffodil that blooms in the meadow before the mower comes with his scythe. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 as as ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 14 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 mermaiden mermaiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 upon upon ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 amber amber NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 yellower yellow ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 conj _ _ 29 than than ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 daffodil daffodil NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 blooms bloom VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 before before SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 mower mower NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 scythe scythe NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | My roses | | | | | yellow *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | tree | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **be** *in a quote* | | My roses *not said here* | | | | | as the hair of the mermaiden | tree rules | | 4 | **sit** *in a quote* | present | the mermaiden | | | a amber throne | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon throne=Location | | 5 | **bloom** *in a quote* | present | the daffodil | | | the meadow | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in meadow=Location | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | present | the mower | | | | | with Rose's scythe | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/2/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/2/99/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/2/)