--- title: “‘Quite full?’ said little Hans, rather sorrowfully, for it was real… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “‘Quite full?’ said little Hans, rather sorrowfully, for it was really a very big basket, and he knew that if he filled it he would have no flowers left for the market and he was very anxious to get his silver buttons back. Who acts: basket, plank, silver. 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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 (basket, plank, silver), 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:pg902:4:108 # text = “‘Quite full?’ said little Hans, rather sorrowfully, for it was really a very big basket, and he knew that if he filled it he would have no flowers left for the market and he was very anxious to get his silver buttons back. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Quite quite ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Hans Han PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 rather rather ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 sorrowfully sorrowfully ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 17 really really ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 very very ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 market market NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 very very ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 buttons button VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 ccomp _ _ 50 back back ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | little Hans | | | | sorrowfully *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent han=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | basket | | | | | for a big basket | tree rules | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | past | plank | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **fill** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | plank | basket | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | would | plank | no flowers | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient | | 6 | **leave** *in a quote* | participle | | no flowers *not said here* | | | | for the market | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for market=Recipient | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | past | plank | | | | | anxious *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **get** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | plank *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **button back** *in a quote* | present | plank's silver | | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | 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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/109/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/)