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The Happy Prince, and Other Tales, Opening, part 4, sentence 126

“‘It has certainly been a hard day,’ said little Hans to himself as he was going to bed, ‘but I am glad I did not refuse the Miller, for he is my best friend, and, besides, he is going to give me his wheelbarrow.’

Who acts: way, Hans, I · What happens: be, say, go, not refuse, give · To what, where: little Hans, Hans, bed, Miller, wheelbarrow, me · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Happy Prince, and Other Tales» by Oscar Wilde, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (way, Hans, I), 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

punctpunctnsubjauxadvmodccompdetamodobl:unmarkedpunctpunctamodobjcaseoblmarknsubjauxadvclcaseoblpunctpunctccnsubjcopparataxisnsubjauxadvmodccompdetobjpunctcasensubjcopnmod:possamodconjpunctccpunctdiscoursepunctnsubjauxconjmarkxcompiobjnmod:possobjpunctpunctroot“PUNCT‘PUNCTItPRONhasAUXcertainlyADVbeenVERBaDEThardADJdayNOUN,PUNCT’PUNCTsaidVERBlittleADJHansPROPNtoADPhimselfPRONasSCONJhePRONwasAUXgoingVERBtoADPbedNOUN,PUNCT‘PUNCTbutCCONJIPRONamAUXgladADJIPRONdidAUXnotPARTrefuseVERBtheDETMillerPROPN,PUNCTforADPhePRONisAUXmyPRONbestADJfriendNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJ,PUNCTbesidesINTJ,PUNCThePRONisAUXgoingVERBtoPARTgiveVERBmePRONhisPRONwheelbarrowNOUN.PUNCT’PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1“"PUNCT_12 saidpunct
2‘'PUNCT_6 beenpunct
3ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 beennsubj
4hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 beenaux
5certainlycertainlyADV_6 beenadvmod
6beenbeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part12 saidccomp
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 daydet
8hardhardADJDegree=Pos9 dayamod
9daydayNOUNNumber=Sing6 beenobl:unmarked
10,,PUNCT_6 beenpunct
11’'PUNCT_6 beenpunct
12saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
13littlelittleADJDegree=Pos14 Hansamod
14HansHanPROPNNumber=Plur12 saidobj
15totoADP_16 himselfcase
16himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes12 saidobl
17asasSCONJ_20 goingmark
18hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 goingnsubj
19wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 goingaux
20goinggoVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part12 saidadvcl
21totoADP_22 bedcase
22bedbedNOUNNumber=Sing20 goingobl
23,,PUNCT_20 goingpunct
24‘'PUNCT_28 gladpunct
25butbutCCONJ_28 gladcc
26IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs28 gladnsubj
27ambeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin28 gladcop
28gladgladADJDegree=Pos20 goingparataxis
29IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs32 refusensubj
30diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin32 refuseaux
31notnotPARTPolarity=Neg32 refuseadvmod
32refuserefuseVERBVerbForm=Inf28 gladccomp
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 Millerdet
34MillerMillerPROPNNumber=Sing32 refuseobj
35,,PUNCT_41 friendpunct
36forforADP_41 friendcase
37hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs41 friendnsubj
38isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin41 friendcop
39mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs41 friendnmod:poss
40bestgoodADJDegree=Sup41 friendamod
41friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing32 refuseconj
42,,PUNCT_49 goingpunct
43andandCCONJ_49 goingcc
44,,PUNCT_43 andpunct
45besidesbesidesINTJ_49 goingdiscourse
46,,PUNCT_45 besidespunct
47hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs49 goingnsubj
48isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin49 goingaux
49goinggoVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part41 friendconj
50totoPART_51 givemark
51givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf49 goingxcomp
52meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs51 giveiobj
53hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs54 wheelbarrownmod:poss
54wheelbarrowwheelbarrowNOUNNumber=Sing51 giveobj
55..PUNCT_28 gladpunct
56’'PUNCT_12 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1be in a quotepresent · perfectwaydaycertainly propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2say speech: assert in a quotepastlittle HansHanstree rules
3go in a quotepast · progressiveHansbedvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location
4is in a quotepresentIglad propertytree rules
5not refuse in a quotepast · do-supportIthe Millervn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent miller=Theme
6is in a quotepresentHansfor my best friendtree rules
7go in a quotepresent · progressiveHansvn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8give in a quoteto-infinitiveHans not said hereHans's wheelbarrowmevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient wheelbarrow=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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