--- title: After he had waited there some time, he sold the sack of flour for a… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: After he had waited there some time, he sold the sack of flour for a very good price, and then he returned home at once, for he was afraid that if he stopped too late he might meet some robbers on the way. Who acts: Hans. 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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 (Hans), 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:pg902:4:125 # text = After he had waited there some time, he sold the sack of flour for a very good price, and then he returned home at once, for he was afraid that if he stopped too late he might meet some robbers on the way. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 waited wait VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 sold sell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 flour flour NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 25 home home ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 37 too too ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 42 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 43 det _ _ 43 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past · perfect | Hans | | | there | time | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sell** | past | Hans | the sack of flour | | | | for a good price | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent sack=Theme for price=Asset | | 3 | **return** | past | Hans | | | | then | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | Hans | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **stop** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Hans | | | | | late *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **meet** | might | Hans | some robbers | | the way | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robber=Co-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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/126/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/)