--- title: “Poor little Hans was very anxious to go and work in his garden, for… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Poor little Hans was very anxious to go and work in his garden, for his flowers had not been watered for two days, but he did not like to refuse the Miller, as he was such a good friend to him. Who acts: Poor little Hans, Hans, Miller. 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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 (Poor little Hans, Hans, Miller), 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:pg902:5:13 # text = “Poor little Hans was very anxious to go and work in his garden, for his flowers had not been watered for two days, but he did not like to refuse the Miller, as he was such a good friend to him. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Hans Hans PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 21 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 watered water VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Miller Miller PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 40 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 43 det:predet _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Poor little Hans | | | | | anxious *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Poor little Hans *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **work** *in a quote* | infinitive | Poor little Hans *not said here* | | | | | in Hans's garden | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in garden=Theme | | 4 | **not** **water** *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | Poor little Hans *not said here* | | | | day | for Hans's flowers | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination» | | 5 | **not** **like** *in a quote* | past · do-support | Hans | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **refuse** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Hans *not said here* | the Miller | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent miller=Theme | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Miller | such good friend | Hans | | | | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/14/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/)