--- title: “Very important for you, I have no doubt,” answered the Rocket, “but… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Very important for you, I have no doubt,” answered the Rocket, “but I shall weep if I choose”; and he actually burst into real tears, which flowed down his stick like rain-drops, and nearly drowned two little beetles, who were just thinking of setting up house together, and were looking for a nice --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/6/86/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Happy Prince, and Other Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/) / [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/6/) / 86 # The Happy Prince, and Other Tales, Opening, part 6, sentence 86 “Very important for you, I have no doubt,” answered the Rocket, “but I shall weep if I choose”; and he actually burst into real tears, which flowed down his stick like rain-drops, and nearly drowned two little beetles, who were just thinking of setting up house together, and were looking for a nice dry spot to live in. **Who acts:** Rocket, two little beetles · **What happens:** have, answer, weep, choose, burst, flow down · **To what, where:** doubt, Rocket, real tears, stick, two little beetles, house · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Happy Prince, and Other Tales» by Oscar Wilde, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rocket, two little beetles), 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:pg902:6:86 # text = “Very important for you, I have no doubt,” answered the Rocket, “but I shall weep if I choose”; and he actually burst into real tears, which flowed down his stick like rain-drops, and nearly drowned two little beetles, who were just thinking of setting up house together, and were looking for a nice dry spot to live in. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 13 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Rocket rocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 choose choose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ” " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 actually actually ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 flowed flow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 37 down down ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 like like ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 drops drop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 drowned drown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 48 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 nummod _ _ 49 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 beetles beetle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ _ 53 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 just just ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 conj _ _ 56 of of SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 57 setting set VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 55 advcl _ _ 58 up up ADP RP _ 57 compound:prt _ _ 59 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 60 together together ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ _ 65 for for ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 66 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 67 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 68 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 70 to to PART TO _ 71 mark _ _ 71 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 advcl _ _ 72 in in ADP IN _ 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the Rocket *= rocket* | no doubt | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doubt=Patient | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the Rocket | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **weep** *in a quote* | shall | the Rocket *= rocket* | the Rocket *not said here* | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent rocket=Theme | | 4 | **choose** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | the Rocket *= rocket* | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **burst** | past | Rocket | | | real tears | | actually *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **flow down** | past | | Rocket's stick | | | | like rain drops | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stick=Theme | | 7 | **drown** | past | Rocket *not said here* | two little beetles | | | | nearly *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beetle=Patient | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | two little beetles | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **set up** | gerund | two little beetles *not said here* | house | | | | together *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient house=Result | | 10 | **look** | past · progressive | Rocket *not said here* | | | | | for a nice dry spot | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for spot=Theme | | 11 | **live in** | to-infinitive | Rocket *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/6/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/6/87/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/6/)