--- title: “‘A great loss to me at any rate,’ answered the Miller; ‘why, I had… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “‘A great loss to me at any rate,’ answered the Miller; ‘why, I had as good as given him my wheelbarrow, and now I really don’t know what to do with it. Who acts: great loss, wind. 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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 (great loss, wind), 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:pg902:5:61 # text = “‘A great loss to me at any rate,’ answered the Miller; ‘why, I had as good as given him my wheelbarrow, and now I really don’t know what to do with it. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 10 rate rate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 13 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Miller Miller PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 as as ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 wheelbarrow wheelbarrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 31 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 really really ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 35 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | a great loss to me at any rate | | the Miller | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent miller=Eventuality | | 2 | **give** *in a quote* | participle | a great loss to me at any rate *not said here* | my wheelbarrow | loss | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient wheelbarrow=Theme | | 3 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | wind | | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | with wheelbarrow | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/62/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/)