The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Followed the King, Who Went Up First"], sentence 67
There is no doubt that in the medieval versions of this ancient tale Cinderilla was given _pantoufles de vair_--_i.e._, of a grey, or grey and white, fur, the exact nature of which has been a matter of controversy, but which was probably a grey squirrel.
Who acts: doubt, medieval versions, exact nature · What happens: be, give · To what, where: Cinderilla, grey squirrel
This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Followed the King, Who Went Up First"]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (doubt, medieval versions, exact nature), 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 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 is | expl |
| 2 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 doubt | det |
| 4 | doubt | doubt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 i.e. | mark |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 versions | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 versions | det |
| 8 | medieval | medieval | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 versions | amod |
| 9 | versions | version | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 i.e. | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 tale | case |
| 11 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 tale | det |
| 12 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 tale | amod |
| 13 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 given | obl |
| 14 | Cinderilla | Cinderilla | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 given | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 given | aux:pass |
| 16 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 versions | acl:relcl |
| 17 | _ | _ | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 pantoufles | amod |
| 18 | pantoufles | pantoufle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 given | obj |
| 19 | de | de | ADP | _ | 20 vair | case |
| 20 | vair | vair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 pantoufles | nmod |
| 21 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 16 given | punct |
| 22 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 9 versions | punct |
| 23 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 24 i.e. | punct |
| 24 | i.e. | i.e. | ADV | _ | 4 doubt | conj |
| 25 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 24 i.e. | punct |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 fur | punct |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 fur | case |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 fur | det |
| 29 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 fur | amod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 grey | punct |
| 31 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 32 grey | cc |
| 32 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 fur | amod |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 white | cc |
| 34 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 grey | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 fur | punct |
| 36 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 i.e. | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 nature | punct |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 nature | det |
| 39 | exact | exact | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 nature | amod |
| 40 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 fur | conj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 matter | case |
| 42 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 46 matter | nsubj |
| 43 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 matter | aux |
| 44 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 46 matter | cop |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 matter | det |
| 46 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 nature | nmod |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 controversy | case |
| 48 | controversy | controversy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 matter | nmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 squirrel | punct |
| 50 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 56 squirrel | cc |
| 51 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 56 squirrel | nsubj |
| 52 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 squirrel | cop |
| 53 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 56 squirrel | advmod |
| 54 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 56 squirrel | det |
| 55 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 squirrel | amod |
| 56 | squirrel | squirrel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | conj |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 is | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | no doubt | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | give | past · passive | the medieval versions not said here | Cinderilla | of this ancient tale | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient pantoufle=Theme | |||
| 3 | is | present · perfect | the exact nature | of a matter; of controversy | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is a | past | a grey squirrel | probably property | tree rules |
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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