--- title: “The King’s garden is not the world, you foolish squib,” said a big… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “The King’s garden is not the world, you foolish squib,” said a big Roman Candle; “the world is an enormous place, and it would take you three days to see it thoroughly.” Who acts: garden, you, world, it. 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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 (garden, you, world, it), 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:pg902:5:123 # text = “The King’s garden is not the world, you foolish squib,” said a big Roman Candle; “the world is an enormous place, and it would take you three days to see it thoroughly.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 squib squib NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 Roman roman ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 Candle candle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 enormous enormous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 thoroughly thoroughly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | the King's garden | the world and foolish squib | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **squib** *in a quote* | | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the world and foolish squib | a big Roman Candle | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the world | a enormous place | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | would | it | | you | | day | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | world | | | | thoroughly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/122/) - next →: [sentence 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/124/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/)