--- title: “Ah! the higher things of life, how fine they are!” said the Duck; “… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Ah! the higher things of life, how fine they are!” said the Duck; “and that reminds me how hungry I feel”: and she swam away down the stream, saying, “Quack, quack, quack.” Who acts: things, higher things, that, Duck. 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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 (things, higher things, that, Duck), 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:pg902:7:38 # text = “Ah! the higher things of life, how fine they are!” said the Duck; “and that reminds me how hungry I feel”: and she swam away down the stream, saying, “Quack, quack, quack.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 11 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ! ! PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj _ _ 23 reminds remind VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 26 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 34 away away ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 down down ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 “ " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Quack quack NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 quack quack NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 quack quack NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | the higher things | | | | of life | tree rules | | 2 | **be** *in a quote* | | things *= thing* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the higher things | the Duck | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **remind** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | that | | the higher things *= thing* | | | hungry *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 5 | **feel** *in a quote* | present | the higher things *= thing* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **swim away** | past | Duck | | | the stream | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down stream=Trajectory | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Duck *not said here* | Quack and quack and quack | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent quack=Topic | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/7/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/7/39/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/7/)