The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Had Reserved For Himself"], sentence 22
"You see, Madam," said he, "I am very exact in keeping my word, and doubt not, in the least, but you are come hither to perform yours, and to make me, by giving me your hand, the happiest of men."
Who acts: You, Tuft, my · What happens: see, say, be, keep, come, perform · To what, where: Madam, least, word, yours, Tuft, hand · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Had Reserved For Himself"]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, Tuft, my), 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 see | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 see | nsubj |
| 3 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | ccomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Madam | punct |
| 5 | Madam | Madam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 see | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 see | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 see | punct |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 exact | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 exact | punct |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 exact | nsubj |
| 13 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 exact | cop |
| 14 | very | very | ADV | _ | 15 exact | advmod |
| 15 | exact | exact | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 said | conj |
| 16 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 17 keeping | mark |
| 17 | keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 exact | advcl |
| 18 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 word | nmod:poss |
| 19 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 keeping | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 doubt | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 doubt | cc |
| 22 | doubt | doubt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 exact | obl |
| 23 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 22 doubt | advmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 least | punct |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 least | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 least | det |
| 27 | least | least | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 15 exact | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 come | punct |
| 29 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 come | cc |
| 30 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 come | nsubj |
| 31 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 come | aux |
| 32 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 said | parataxis |
| 33 | hither | hither | ADV | _ | 32 come | advmod |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 perform | mark |
| 35 | perform | perform | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 come | advcl |
| 36 | yours | your | PRON | Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 perform | obj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 make | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 make | cc |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 make | mark |
| 40 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | parataxis |
| 41 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 make | obj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 giving | punct |
| 43 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 44 giving | mark |
| 44 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 40 make | advcl |
| 45 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 44 giving | iobj |
| 46 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 hand | nmod:poss |
| 47 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 giving | obj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 happiest | punct |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 happiest | det |
| 50 | happiest | happy | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 44 giving | iobj |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 men | case |
| 52 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 happiest | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 40 make | punct |
| 54 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 40 make | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | present | You | Madam | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer madam=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Tuft | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Tuft | the least | doubt obl; exact property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | keep in a quote | gerund | Tuft not said here | my word | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | ||||
| 5 | come in a quote | present | you | hither property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | perform in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | yours | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent your=Theme | ||||
| 7 | make in a quote | to-infinitive | Tuft | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset i=Product | |||||
| 8 | give in a quote | gerund | your hand | the happiest | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | word in a quote | my | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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