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The Happy Prince, and Other Tales, Opening, part 1, sentence 19

“He is as beautiful as a weathercock,” remarked one of the Town Councillors who wished to gain a reputation for having artistic tastes; “only not quite so useful,” he added, fearing lest people should think him unpractical, which he really was not.

Who acts: Friend, Town Councillors, reputation, people · What happens: be, remark, wish, gain, have, add · To what, where: one, reputation, artistic tastes, Friend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Happy Prince, and Other Tales» by Oscar Wilde, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Friend, Town Councillors, reputation, people), 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

punctnsubjcopadvmodcasedetoblpunctpunctadvclobjcasedetcompoundnmodnsubjacl:relclmarkxcompdetobjmarkaclamodobjpunctpunctadvmodadvmodadvmodadvmodparataxispunctpunctnsubjconjpunctadvclmarknsubjauxccompobjxcomppunctobjnsubjadvmodparataxisadvmodpunctroot“PUNCTHePRONisAUXasADVbeautifulADJasADPaDETweathercockNOUN,PUNCT”PUNCTremarkedVERBoneNUMofADPtheDETTownPROPNCouncillorsPROPNwhoPRONwishedVERBtoPARTgainVERBaDETreputationNOUNforSCONJhavingVERBartisticADJtastesNOUN;PUNCT“PUNCTonlyADVnotPARTquiteADVsoADVusefulADJ,PUNCT”PUNCThePRONaddedVERB,PUNCTfearingVERBlestSCONJpeopleNOUNshouldAUXthinkVERBhimPRONunpracticalADJ,PUNCTwhichPRONhePRONreallyADVwasVERBnotPART.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1“"PUNCT_5 beautifulpunct
2HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 beautifulnsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 beautifulcop
4asasADV_5 beautifuladvmod
5beautifulbeautifulADJDegree=Posrootroot
6asasADP_8 weathercockcase
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 weathercockdet
8weathercockweathercockNOUNNumber=Sing5 beautifulobl
9,,PUNCT_5 beautifulpunct
10”"PUNCT_5 beautifulpunct
11remarkedremarkVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 beautifuladvcl
12oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card11 remarkedobj
13ofofADP_16 Councillorscase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 Councillorsdet
15TownTownPROPNNumber=Sing16 Councillorscompound
16CouncillorsCouncillorPROPNNumber=Plur12 onenmod
17whowhoPRONPronType=Rel18 wishednsubj
18wishedwishVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 Councillorsacl:relcl
19totoPART_20 gainmark
20gaingainVERBVerbForm=Inf18 wishedxcomp
21aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art22 reputationdet
22reputationreputationNOUNNumber=Sing20 gainobj
23forforSCONJ_24 havingmark
24havinghaveVERBVerbForm=Ger22 reputationacl
25artisticartisticADJDegree=Pos26 tastesamod
26tastestasteNOUNNumber=Plur24 havingobj
27;;PUNCT_33 usefulpunct
28“"PUNCT_33 usefulpunct
29onlyonlyADV_33 usefuladvmod
30notnotPARTPolarity=Neg33 usefuladvmod
31quitequiteADV_33 usefuladvmod
32sosoADV_33 usefuladvmod
33usefulusefulADJDegree=Pos5 beautifulparataxis
34,,PUNCT_33 usefulpunct
35”"PUNCT_33 usefulpunct
36hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs37 addednsubj
37addedaddVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin33 usefulconj
38,,PUNCT_39 fearingpunct
39fearingfearVERBVerbForm=Ger37 addedadvcl
40lestlestSCONJ_43 thinkmark
41peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur43 thinknsubj
42shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin43 thinkaux
43thinkthinkVERBVerbForm=Inf39 fearingccomp
44himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs43 thinkobj
45unpracticalunpracticalADJDegree=Pos43 thinkxcomp
46,,PUNCT_50 waspunct
47whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel50 wasobj
48hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs50 wasnsubj
49reallyreallyADV_50 wasadvmod
50wasbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin45 unpracticalparataxis
51notnotPARTPolarity=Neg50 wasadvmod
52..PUNCT_5 beautifulpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is in a quotepresentFriendas a weathercock; beautiful propertytree rules
2remark speech: assertparticipleFriend not said hereone of the Town Councillorsvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent one=Topic
3wishpastthe Town Councillorsvn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4gain not said to happento-infinitivethe Town Councillors not said herea reputationvn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reputation=Theme
5havegerunda reputation not said hereartistic tastesvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taste=Patient
6add speech: assertpastFriendvn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7feargerundFriend not said herevn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
8think speech: othershouldpeopleFriendunpractical propertyvn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme
9not bepastFriendvn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot which=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.

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