The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Prince Took Up Most Carefully"], sentence 62
"I have the power, Madam," replied Riquet with the Tuft, "to give to that person whom I shall love best, as much wit as can be had; and as you, Madam, are that very person, it will be your fault only, if you have not as great a share of it as any one living, provided you will be pleased to marry me."
Who acts: Riquet, you · What happens: have, reply, give, love, be, not be · To what, where: power, much wit, person, fault, Riquet, share · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Prince Took Up Most Carefully"]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Riquet, you), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 have | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 replied | ccomp |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 power | det |
| 5 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 have | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Madam | punct |
| 7 | Madam | Madam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 power | appos |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 have | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 have | punct |
| 10 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | Riquet | Riquet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 replied | nsubj |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 Tuft | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Tuft | det |
| 14 | Tuft | tuft | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 replied | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 give | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 give | punct |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 give | mark |
| 18 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 replied | conj |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 person | case |
| 20 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 21 person | det |
| 21 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 give | obl |
| 22 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 love | obj |
| 23 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 love | nsubj |
| 24 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 love | aux |
| 25 | love | love | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 person | acl:relcl |
| 26 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 25 love | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 wit | punct |
| 28 | as | as | ADP | _ | 30 wit | case |
| 29 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 wit | amod |
| 30 | wit | wit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 give | obj |
| 31 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 34 had | mark |
| 32 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 had | aux |
| 33 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 34 had | aux:pass |
| 34 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 wit | acl |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 51 fault | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 fault | cc |
| 37 | as | as | ADP | _ | 38 you | case |
| 38 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 51 fault | nsubj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 Madam | punct |
| 40 | Madam | Madam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 you | appos |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 Madam | punct |
| 42 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 fault | cop |
| 43 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 51 fault | mark |
| 44 | very | very | ADV | _ | 45 person | advmod |
| 45 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 fault | nsubj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 person | punct |
| 47 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 fault | nsubj |
| 48 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 51 fault | aux |
| 49 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 51 fault | cop |
| 50 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 fault | nmod:poss |
| 51 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 replied | parataxis |
| 52 | only | only | ADV | _ | 51 fault | advmod |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 great | punct |
| 54 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 59 great | mark |
| 55 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 59 great | nsubj |
| 56 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 59 great | aux |
| 57 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 59 great | advmod |
| 58 | as | as | ADV | _ | 59 great | advmod |
| 59 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 fault | conj |
| 60 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 61 share | det |
| 61 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 great | nsubj |
| 62 | of | of | ADP | _ | 63 it | case |
| 63 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 share | nmod |
| 64 | as | as | ADP | _ | 67 living | case |
| 65 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 67 living | det |
| 66 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 67 living | nummod |
| 67 | living | living | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 provided | obl |
| 68 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 living | punct |
| 69 | provided | provide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 59 great | conj |
| 70 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 73 pleased | nsubj |
| 71 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 73 pleased | aux |
| 72 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 73 pleased | cop |
| 73 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 69 provided | ccomp |
| 74 | to | to | PART | _ | 75 marry | mark |
| 75 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 73 pleased | xcomp |
| 76 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 75 marry | obj |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 51 fault | punct |
| 78 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 51 fault | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | present | Riquet | the power | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | ||||
| 2 | reply speech: assert | past | Riquet | with the Tuft | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | give in a quote | to-infinitive | Riquet not said here | much wit | that person | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent wit=Theme to person=Recipient | |||
| 4 | love in a quote | shall | Riquet | that person | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | have in a quote | can · passive | much wit not said here | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP» | |||||
| 6 | is a in a quote | present | you | your fault | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | not be a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | provide in a quote | past | you not said here | as any one living | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition | ||||
| 9 | is in a quote | future | you | pleased property | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | marry in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | Riquet | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | ||||
| 11 | share in a quote | share | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient |
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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