--- title: I heard all about them this morning from a brown-paper cartridge, wh… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I heard all about them this morning from a brown-paper cartridge, who happened to be staying in the same drawer as myself, and knew the latest Court news.” Who acts: I, paper cartridge. 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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 (I, paper cartridge), 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:pg902:6:4 # text = I heard all about them this morning from a brown-paper cartridge, who happened to be staying in the same drawer as myself, and knew the latest Court news.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 cartridge cartridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux _ _ 19 staying stay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 drawer drawer NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 latest late ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 32 amod _ _ 31 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | I | | | a paper cartridge | morning | about bride; all *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.theme PP.source»: agent=Agent about they=Theme from cartridge=Source | | 2 | **happen** | past | a paper cartridge | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stay** | to-infinitive · progressive | a paper cartridge *not said here* | | | the same drawer | | as myself | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in drawer=Location | | 4 | **know** | past | | the latest Court news | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer news=Stimulus | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/6/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/6/5/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/6/)