--- title: “I am afraid it will not go with my dress,” she answered; “and, besi… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I am afraid it will not go with my dress,” she answered; “and, besides, the Chamberlain’s nephew has sent me some real jewels, and everybody knows that jewels cost far more than flowers.” Who acts: girl, heart, everybody, that. 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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 (girl, heart, everybody, that), 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:pg902:3:34 # text = “I am afraid it will not go with my dress,” she answered; “and, besides, the Chamberlain’s nephew has sent me some real jewels, and everybody knows that jewels cost far more than flowers.” 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 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 besides besides INTJ UH _ 27 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Chamberlain Chamberlain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’s 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 nephew nephew NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 31 det _ _ 30 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 35 nsubj _ _ 35 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 38 cost cost VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 39 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 40 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 obj _ _ 41 than than ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | girl | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **go** *in a quote* | future | heart | | | | | with my dress | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with dress=Beneficiary | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | girl | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **send** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the Chamberlain's nephew | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | present | everybody | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **cost** *in a quote* | present | that | more | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/3/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/3/35/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/3/)