--- title: “‘Well, I am glad of that,’ said the Miller, clapping little Hans on… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “‘Well, I am glad of that,’ said the Miller, clapping little Hans on the back, ‘for I want you to come up to the mill as soon as you are dressed, and mend my barn-roof for me.’ Who acts: Miller, you. 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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 (Miller, you), 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:pg902:5:12 # text = “‘Well, I am glad of that,’ said the Miller, clapping little Hans on the back, ‘for I want you to come up to the mill as soon as you are dressed, and mend my barn-roof for me.’ 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Well well INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 ccomp _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Miller Miller PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 clapping clap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 Hans Han PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 30 up up ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 mill mill NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 as as ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 mend mend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 44 barn barn NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the Miller *= miller* | | | | | of that; glad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the Miller | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **clap** *in a quote* | gerund | the Miller *not said here* | little Hans | | the back | | | tree rules | | 4 | **want** *in a quote* | present | the Miller *= miller* | you | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **come up** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | the mill | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mill=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **dress** *in a quote* | present · passive | | you | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **mend** *in a quote* | infinitive | the Miller *not said here* | my barn roof | | | | for the Miller *= miller* | tree rules | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/13/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/)