--- title: Indeed, he knew only two airs, and was never quite certain which one… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Indeed, he knew only two airs, and was never quite certain which one he was playing; but it made no matter, for, whatever he did, everybody cried out, “Charming! charming!” Who acts: King, Ball, everybody. 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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 (King, Ball, everybody), 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:pg902:5:110 # text = Indeed, he knew only two airs, and was never quite certain which one he was playing; but it made no matter, for, whatever he did, everybody cried out, “Charming! charming!” 1 Indeed indeed ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 airs air NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 quite quite ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 14 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 15 det _ _ 15 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 24 det _ _ 24 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 parataxis _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 33 nsubj _ _ 33 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Charming charming NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ! ! PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ _ 39 charming charming NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ! ! PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | King | two airs | | | | indeed *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer air=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | King *not said here* | | | | | certain *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **play** | past · progressive | King | which one *not said here* | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 4 | **make** | past | Ball | no matter | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material matter=Product | | 5 | **do** | past | King | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | everybody | Charming | | | | charming *obl* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/111/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/)