--- title: “‘Well, really,’ answered the Miller, ‘as I have given you my wheelb… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “‘Well, really,’ answered the Miller, ‘as I have given you my wheelbarrow, I don’t think that it is much to ask you for a few flowers. Who acts: I, wheelbarrow. 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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 (I, wheelbarrow), 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:pg902:4:109 # text = “‘Well, really,’ answered the Miller, ‘as I have given you my wheelbarrow, I don’t think that it is much to ask you for a few flowers. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Well well INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Miller Miller PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 wheelbarrow wheelbarrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 23 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 ccomp _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | | the Miller | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent miller=Eventuality | | 2 | **give** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | my wheelbarrow | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient wheelbarrow=Theme | | 3 | **not** **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | wheelbarrow | | | | | much *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | you | | | for a few flowers | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/110/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/)