--- title: So I shall wait till the spring comes, and then I shall pay him a vi… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So I shall wait till the spring comes, and then I shall pay him a visit, and he will be able to give me a large basket of primroses and that will make him so happy.’ Who acts: I, spring, Hans, that. 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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, spring, Hans, that), 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:pg902:4:38 # text = So I shall wait till the spring comes, and then I shall pay him a visit, and he will be able to give me a large basket of primroses and that will make him so happy.’ 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 till till SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 23 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 primroses primrose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | shall | I | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | present | the spring | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **pay** | shall | I | | Hans | | then | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient visit=Asset | | 4 | **is** | future | Hans | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | to-infinitive | Hans *not said here* | a large basket of primroses | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient basket=Theme | | 6 | **make** | future | that | Hans | | | | happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/39/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/4/)