--- title: “‘Little Hans is certainly a great loss to every one,’ said the Blac… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “‘Little Hans is certainly a great loss to every one,’ said the Blacksmith, when the funeral was over, and they were all seated comfortably in the inn, drinking spiced wine and eating sweet cakes. Who acts: Little Hans, great loss, funeral. 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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, great loss, funeral), 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:pg902:5:60 # text = “‘Little Hans is certainly a great loss to every one,’ said the Blacksmith, when the funeral was over, and they were all seated comfortably in the inn, drinking spiced wine and eating sweet cakes. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Hans Hans PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Blacksmith Blacksmith PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 funeral funeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 over over ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 28 all all ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 30 comfortably comfortably ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 drinking drink VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 36 spiced spice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 37 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 conj _ _ 40 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 cakes cake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Little Hans | a great loss | every one | | | certainly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | a great loss | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the funeral | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **seat** *in a quote* | past · passive | | friends *= friend* | | the inn | | all, comfortably *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in inn=Location | | 5 | **drink** *in a quote* | gerund | | spiced wine | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient | | 6 | **spice** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **eat** *in a quote* | gerund | | sweet cakes | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/61/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/)