--- title: “So little Hans worked away for the Miller, and the Miller said all… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “So little Hans worked away for the Miller, and the Miller said all kinds of beautiful things about friendship, which Hans took down in a note-book, and used to read over at night, for he was a very good scholar. Who acts: little Hans, Miller, beautiful things. 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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 (little Hans, Miller, beautiful things), 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:pg902:5:33 # text = “So little Hans worked away for the Miller, and the Miller said all kinds of beautiful things about friendship, which Hans took down in a note-book, and used to read over at night, for he was a very good scholar. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Hans Hans PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 worked work VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Miller Miller PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Miller Miller PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 20 about about ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 Hans Han PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 25 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 26 down down ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 37 over over ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 very very ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 scholar scholar NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work away** *in a quote* | past | little Hans | | | | | for the Miller; away *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for miller=Beneficiary | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the Miller | all kinds of beautiful things about friendship | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent kind=Topic | | 3 | **take down** *in a quote* | past | beautiful things about friendship | | | a note book | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in book=Destination | | 4 | **use** *in a quote* | participle | little Hans *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **read over** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | little Hans *not said here* | | | | night | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Miller | | | | | for a good scholar | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/34/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/)