--- title: “Pyrotechnic, Pyrotechnic, you mean,” said a Bengal Light; “I know i… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Pyrotechnic, Pyrotechnic, you mean,” said a Bengal Light; “I know it is Pyrotechnic, for I saw it written on my own canister.” Who acts: Pyrotechnic, Bengal Light, Light. 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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 (Pyrotechnic, Bengal Light, Light), 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:pg902:6:31 # text = “Pyrotechnic, Pyrotechnic, you mean,” said a Bengal Light; “I know it is Pyrotechnic, for I saw it written on my own canister.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Pyrotechnic Pyrotechnic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 Pyrotechnic Pyrotechnic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Bengal Bengal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Light Light PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 Pyrotechnic Pyrotechnic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 xcomp _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 canister canister NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | Pyrotechnic | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a Bengal Light | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present | a Bengal Light *= light* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Light | Pyrotechnic | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | past | a Bengal Light *= light* | Light | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **write** *in a quote* | participle | Light *not said here* | | | my own canister | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on canister=Destination | 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/pg902/6/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/6/32/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/6/)