--- title: “‘I have no doubt of it,’ answered the Miller, ‘but now that you hav… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “‘I have no doubt of it,’ answered the Miller, ‘but now that you have mended the roof, you had better go home and rest, for I want you to drive my sheep to the mountain to-morrow.’ Who acts: I, 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 (I, 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:pg902:5:26 # text = “‘I have no doubt of it,’ answered the Miller, ‘but now that you have mended the roof, you had better go home and rest, for I want you to drive my sheep to the mountain to-morrow.’ 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 11 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Miller Miller PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 mended mend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 27 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 xcomp _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 home home ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | I | no doubt of doubt | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doubt=Patient | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | | the Miller | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **mend** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the Miller *= miller* | the roof | | | now | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | past | the Miller *= miller* | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | the Miller *= miller* *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **rest** *in a quote* | infinitive | the Miller *= miller* *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **want** *in a quote* | present | I | the Miller *= miller* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **drive** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Miller *= miller* *not said here* | my sheep | | the mountain | | to morrow | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme to mountain=Destination to morrow=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **doubt** *in a quote* | | | doubt | | | | | nom doubt «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/27/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/)