--- title: “‘I am very sorry,’ said little Hans, rubbing his eyes and pulling o… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “‘I am very sorry,’ said little Hans, rubbing his eyes and pulling off his night-cap, ‘but I was so tired that I thought I would lie in bed for a little time, and listen to the birds singing. Who acts: I, birds. 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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, birds), 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:pg902:5:10 # text = “‘I am very sorry,’ said little Hans, rubbing his eyes and pulling off his night-cap, ‘but I was so tired that I thought I would lie in bed for a little time, and listen to the birds singing. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Hans Han PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 rubbing rub VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 pulling pull VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 18 off off ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 20 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 listen listen VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 48 singing sing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 47 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | little Hans | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent han=Topic | | 3 | **rub** *in a quote* | gerund | | word's eyes | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 4 | **pull off** *in a quote* | gerund | | word's night cap | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cap=Eventuality | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | I | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **lie** *in a quote* | would | I | | | bed | time | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location | | 8 | **listen** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | to the birds | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to bird=Theme | | 9 | **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | gerund | the birds *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/11/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/)