--- title: “‘It is not a very big plank,’ said the Miller, looking at it, ‘and… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “‘It is not a very big plank,’ said the Miller, looking at it, ‘and I am afraid that after I have mended my barn-roof there won’t be any left for you to mend the wheelbarrow with; but, of course, that is not my fault. Who acts: shed, big plank, you, 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 (shed, big plank, you, 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:pg902:4:105 # text = “‘It is not a very big plank,’ said the Miller, looking at it, ‘and I am afraid that after I have mended my barn-roof there won’t be any left for you to mend the wheelbarrow with; but, of course, that is not my fault. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 plank plank NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Miller Miller PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 ‘ ‘ INTJ UH _ 16 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 after after SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 mended mend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 31 barn barn NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 34 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 35 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 36 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 38 any any ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 ccomp _ _ 40 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 mend mend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 wheelbarrow wheelbarrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 48 but but CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 51 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 57 nsubj _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 55 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 57 advmod _ _ 56 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | shed | a big plank | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | a big plank | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **look** *in a quote* | gerund | a big plank *not said here* | | | | | at shed | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a big plank *= plank* | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **mend** *in a quote* | present · perfect | a big plank *= plank* | my barn roof | | there | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **leave** *in a quote* | future · passive | a big plank *= plank* *not said here* | | | | | any *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V» | | 7 | **mend** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you | the wheelbarrow | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | of my fault | tree rules | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/106/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/)