--- title: “Yes, that is just what I want to know,” said the Duck; and she swam… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Yes, that is just what I want to know,” said the Duck; and she swam away to the end of the pond, and stood upon her head, in order to give her children a good example. Who acts: that, Duck, Linnet. 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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 (that, Duck, Linnet), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Checked tree.** This sentence is in the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3 (`gutenberg:pg902:349`): parsed by Mova, then checked and patched by a teacher model under UD validation gates — Mova annot: Rust (en) → Claude Opus (medium) patches; gates UD 2.18. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg902:4:12 # text = “Yes, that is just what I want to know,” said the Duck; and she swam away to the end of the pond, and stood upon her head, in order to give her children a good example. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 ccomp _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 21 away away ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 31 upon upon ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 in in ADP IN ExtPos=SCONJ 38 mark _ _ 36 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 fixed _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 iobj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 example example NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **want** *in a quote* | present | the Duck *= duck* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **know** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Duck *= duck* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Duck | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **swim away** | past | Linnet | | | | to the end of the pond | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to end=Destination | | 6 | **stand** | past | Linnet *not said here* | | | Linnet's head | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon head=Location | | 7 | **give** | to-infinitive | Linnet *not said here* | a good example | Linnet's children | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent child=Recipient example=Theme | 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:** the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3, Apache-2.0 OR MIT. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/13/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/)