--- title: “Look, look!” cried the Tree, “the rose is finished now”; but the Ni… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Look, look!” cried the Tree, “the rose is finished now”; but the Nightingale made no answer, for she was lying dead in the long grass, with the thorn in her heart. Who acts: Tree, Nightingale. 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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 (Tree, Nightingale), 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:pg902:3:23 # text = “Look, look!” cried the Tree, “the rose is finished now”; but the Nightingale made no answer, for she was lying dead in the long grass, with the thorn in her heart. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Tree Tree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 16 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Nightingale Nightingale PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 23 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 24 det _ _ 24 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 30 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the Tree | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **finish** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the rose | | | now | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **make** | past | the Nightingale | no answer | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Product | | 6 | **lie** | past · progressive | Nightingale | | | the long grass | | with the thorn in Nightingale's heart; dead *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in grass=Location | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/3/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/3/24/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/3/)