The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Her With a Sauce Robert'"], sentence 36
Now at this time of day, Not one of all the sex we see Doth sleep with such profound tranquillity: But yet this Fable seems to let us know That very often Hymen's blisses sweet, Altho' some tedious obstacles they meet, Are not less happy for approaching slow. '
Who acts: we, one, Fable, us, obstacles, tedious obstacles · What happens: see, do, seem, let, know, meet · To what, where: sex, sleep, us, tedious obstacles
This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Her With a Sauce Robert'"]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, one, Fable, us), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 time | advmod |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 time | case |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 time | det |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 Doth | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 day | case |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 time | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 one | punct |
| 8 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 one | advmod |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 Doth | nsubj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 sex | case |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 sex | det:predet |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 sex | det |
| 13 | sex | sex | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 one | nmod |
| 14 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 see | nsubj |
| 15 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 sex | acl:relcl |
| 16 | Doth | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 Doth | obj |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 tranquillity | case |
| 19 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 tranquillity | amod |
| 20 | profound | profound | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 tranquillity | amod |
| 21 | tranquillity | tranquillity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 sleep | nmod |
| 22 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 27 seems | punct |
| 23 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 27 seems | cc |
| 24 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 27 seems | advmod |
| 25 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 Fable | det |
| 26 | Fable | fable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 seems | nsubj |
| 27 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 Doth | conj |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 let | mark |
| 29 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 seems | xcomp |
| 30 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 let | obj |
| 31 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 let | xcomp |
| 32 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 38 sweet | nsubj |
| 33 | very | very | ADV | _ | 34 often | advmod |
| 34 | often | often | ADV | _ | 38 sweet | advmod |
| 35 | Hymen | Hymen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 blisses | nmod:poss |
| 36 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 35 Hymen | case |
| 37 | blisses | bliss | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 sweet | nsubj |
| 38 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 know | ccomp |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 happy | punct |
| 40 | Altho | Altho | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 obstacles | nmod:poss |
| 41 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 40 Altho | case |
| 42 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 44 obstacles | det |
| 43 | tedious | tedious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 obstacles | amod |
| 44 | obstacles | obstacle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 happy | nsubj |
| 45 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 meet | nsubj |
| 46 | meet | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 obstacles | acl:relcl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 meet | punct |
| 48 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 happy | cop |
| 49 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 50 less | advmod |
| 50 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 51 happy | advmod |
| 51 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 Doth | conj |
| 52 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 53 approaching | mark |
| 53 | approaching | approach | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 51 happy | advcl |
| 54 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 approaching | xcomp |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 Doth | punct |
| 56 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 Doth | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | we | all sex not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sex=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | do | present | one of all sex | sleep | time | with such profound tranquillity | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Eventuality | ||
| 3 | seem | present | this Fable | yet | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | ||||
| 4 | let | to-infinitive | this Fable not said here | us | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | know | infinitive | us not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 6 | meet | present | obstacles = obstacle | Altho's tedious obstacles not said here | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obstacle=Co-Agent | ||||
| 7 | is | present | Altho's tedious obstacles | happy, less property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | approach | gerund | Altho's tedious obstacles not said here | slow property | vn escape-51.1-1 «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 Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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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