--- title: “Any place you love is the world to you,” exclaimed a pensive Cather… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Any place you love is the world to you,” exclaimed a pensive Catherine Wheel, who had been attached to an old deal box in early life, and prided herself on her broken heart; “but love is not fashionable any more, the poets have killed it. Who acts: you, place, pensive Catherine Wheel, love. 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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 (you, place, pensive Catherine Wheel, love), 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:pg902:5:124 # text = “Any place you love is the world to you,” exclaimed a pensive Catherine Wheel, who had been attached to an old deal box in early life, and prided herself on her broken heart; “but love is not fashionable any more, the poets have killed it. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Any any DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 13 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 pensive pensive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 Catherine Catherine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 Wheel Wheel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 attached attach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl:relcl _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 prided pride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 34 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 amod _ _ 38 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 40 “ " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 fashionable fashionable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 46 any any ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 poets poet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 parataxis _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** *in a quote* | present | you | any place *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer place=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | any place | the world | you | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | a pensive Catherine Wheel | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **attach** | past · perfect · passive | | a pensive Catherine Wheel | | | | to a old deal box in early life | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to box=Co-Patient | | 5 | **pride** | past | | Squib | | Squib's broken heart | | | tree rules | | 6 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | love | | | | | fashionable *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **kill** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the poets | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer it=Result | 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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/125/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/)