--- title: It took him the whole day to get there and back; and when he returne… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It took him the whole day to get there and back; and when he returned he was so tired that he went off to sleep in his chair, and did not wake up till it was broad daylight. Who acts: It, Miller, chair. 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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 (It, Miller, chair), 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:pg902:5:28 # text = It took him the whole day to get there and back; and when he returned he was so tired that he went off to sleep in his chair, and did not wake up till it was broad daylight. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 9 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 back back ADV RB _ 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 24 off off ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 wake wake VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 till till ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 daylight daylight NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | It | | Miller | | day | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **return** | past | Miller | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | Miller | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **go off** | past | Miller | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | Miller *not said here* | | | Miller's chair | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in chair=Location | | 7 | **not** **wake up** | past · do-support | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **is** | past | chair | | | | till broad daylight | | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/)