--- title: “‘Well, really,’ said the Miller, ‘I think that, considering that I… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “‘Well, really,’ said the Miller, ‘I think that, considering that I am going to give you my wheelbarrow, it is rather unfriendly of you to refuse.’ Who acts: Miller, great many people, 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 (Miller, great many people, 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:pg902:4:121 # text = “‘Well, really,’ said the Miller, ‘I think that, considering that I am going to give you my wheelbarrow, it is rather unfriendly of you to refuse.’ 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 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|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 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 considering consider VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 wheelbarrow wheelbarrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 rather rather ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 unfriendly unfriendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the Miller | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | a great many people *= people* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **consider** *in a quote* | gerund | a great many people *= people* *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | a great many people *= people* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a great many people *= people* *not said here* | my wheelbarrow | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient wheelbarrow=Theme | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | wheelbarrow | | | | | of you; unfriendly *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **refuse** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | wheelbarrow *not said here* | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | 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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/122/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/)