--- title: “‘All right!’ said the Doctor; and he ordered his horse, and his big… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “‘All right!’ said the Doctor; and he ordered his horse, and his big boots, and his lantern, and came downstairs, and rode off in the direction of the Miller’s house, little Hans trudging behind him. Who acts: Miller, little Hans. 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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 (Miller, little Hans), 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:pg902:5:54 # text = “‘All right!’ said the Doctor; and he ordered his horse, and his big boots, and his lantern, and came downstairs, and rode off in the direction of the Miller’s house, little Hans trudging behind him. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 lantern lantern NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 28 downstairs downstairs ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 32 off off ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Miller Miller PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’s 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 Hans Han PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 44 trudging trudge VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 acl _ _ 45 behind behind ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the Doctor | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent doctor=Topic | | 2 | **order** *in a quote* | past | Miller | Miller's big boots | Miller's horse | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 3 | **come** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | downstairs *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **ride off** *in a quote* | past | | | | the direction of the Miller's house little Hans | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **trudge** *in a quote* | gerund | little Hans *not said here* | | | | | behind Miller | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind he=Trajectory | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/55/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/)