--- title: “I am glad that she has gone,” he said to himself, “she has a decide… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I am glad that she has gone,” he said to himself, “she has a decidedly middle-class mind”; and he sank a little deeper still into the mud, and began to think about the loneliness of genius, when suddenly two little boys in white smocks came running down the bank, with a kettle and some faggots. 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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 (Rocket, Duck, two little boys), 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:pg902:7:40 # text = “I am glad that she has gone,” he said to himself, “she has a decidedly middle-class mind”; and he sank a little deeper still into the mud, and began to think about the loneliness of genius, when suddenly two little boys in white smocks came running down the bank, with a kettle and some faggots. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 20 decidedly decidedly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 21 middle middle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ” " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 obl _ _ 32 deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 29 ccomp _ _ 33 still still ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 about about ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 loneliness loneliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 genius genius NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 48 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 56 advmod _ _ 49 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 52 nummod _ _ 51 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nsubj _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 smocks smock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod _ _ 56 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 parataxis _ _ 57 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 56 advcl _ _ 58 down down ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 with with ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 kettle kettle NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 66 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 67 det _ _ 67 faggots faggot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Rocket | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Duck | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Rocket | | Rocket | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Duck | a decidedly class mind | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | | 5 | **sink** | past | Rocket | | | the mud | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **begin** | past | Rocket *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Rocket *not said here* | | | | | about the loneliness of genius | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about loneliness=Topic | | 8 | **come** | past | two little boys in white smocks | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **run down** | gerund | two little boys in white smocks *not said here* | the bank | | | | with a kettle and some faggots | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bank=Product with kettle=Material | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/7/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/7/41/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/7/)