--- title: Little Hans was very much distressed at times, as he was afraid his… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Little Hans was very much distressed at times, as he was afraid his flowers would think he had forgotten them, but he consoled himself by the reflection that the Miller was his best friend. Who acts: Hans, flowers, 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 (Hans, flowers, 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:pg902:5:31 # text = Little Hans was very much distressed at times, as he was afraid his flowers would think he had forgotten them, but he consoled himself by the reflection that the Miller was his best friend. 1 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Hans Hans PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 distressed distress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 consoled console VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 26 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obj _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 reflection reflection NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Miller Miller PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 36 amod _ _ 36 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **distress** | past · passive | | Little Hans | | | time | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | Hans | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | would | Miller's flowers | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **forget** | past · perfect | Miller | flowers *= flower* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **console** | past | Miller | Miller | | | | by the reflection | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** | past | the Miller | Miller's best friend | | | | | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/32/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/)