--- title: “‘There is no good in my going to see little Hans as long as the sno… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “‘There is no good in my going to see little Hans as long as the snow lasts,’ the Miller used to say to his wife, ‘for when people are in trouble they should be left alone, and not be bothered by visitors. Who acts: Linnet, snow, Miller, people. 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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 (Linnet, snow, Miller, people), 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:pg902:4:36 # text = “‘There is no good in my going to see little Hans as long as the snow lasts,’ the Miller used to say to his wife, ‘for when people are in trouble they should be left alone, and not be bothered by visitors. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 in in SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 Hans han NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 as as ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 lasts last VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’ ' CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Miller Miller PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 31 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 34 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 42 alone alone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 bothered bother VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 48 by by ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 visitors visitor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | gerund | the Linnet *= linnet* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Linnet *= linnet* *not said here* | little Hans | | | | long *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer han=Stimulus | | 4 | **last** *in a quote* | present | the snow | | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **use** *in a quote* | past | the Miller | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Miller *not said here* | | Hans's wife | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to wife=Recipient | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | people | | | | | for trouble | tree rules | | 8 | **leave** *in a quote* | should · passive | | people | | | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **not** **bother** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | visitors | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/37/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/)