The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Had Reserved For Himself"], sentence 30
"If a man of no wit and sense," replied Riquet with the Tuft, "would be entitled, as you say, to reproach you for breach of your word, why will you not let me, Madam, do likewise in a matter wherein all the happiness of my life is concerned?
Who acts: man, you, happiness, your · What happens: reply, entitle, say, reproach, not let, do · To what, where: you, man, matter, word · 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 (man, you, happiness, your), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 replied | punct |
| 2 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 12 replied | mark |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 man | det |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 replied | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 wit | case |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 wit | det |
| 7 | wit | wit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 man | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 sense | cc |
| 9 | sense | sense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wit | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 man | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 man | punct |
| 12 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 entitled | advcl |
| 13 | Riquet | Riquet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 replied | nsubj |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 Tuft | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Tuft | det |
| 16 | Tuft | tuft | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 replied | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 replied | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 replied | punct |
| 19 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 entitled | aux |
| 20 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 21 entitled | aux:pass |
| 21 | entitled | entitle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 say | punct |
| 23 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 25 say | mark |
| 24 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 25 say | nsubj |
| 25 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 entitled | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 reproach | punct |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 reproach | mark |
| 28 | reproach | reproach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 say | ccomp |
| 29 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 28 reproach | obj |
| 30 | for | for | ADP | _ | 31 breach | case |
| 31 | breach | breach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 reproach | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 word | case |
| 33 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 word | nmod:poss |
| 34 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 breach | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 let | punct |
| 36 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 40 let | advmod |
| 37 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 let | aux |
| 38 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 40 let | nsubj |
| 39 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 40 let | advmod |
| 40 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 reproach | conj |
| 41 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 let | obj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 Madam | punct |
| 43 | Madam | Madam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 let | vocative |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 do | punct |
| 45 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 reproach | conj |
| 46 | likewise | likewise | ADV | _ | 45 do | advmod |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 matter | case |
| 48 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 matter | det |
| 49 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 do | obl |
| 50 | wherein | wherein | ADV | PronType=Int | 58 concerned | advmod |
| 51 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 53 happiness | det:predet |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 happiness | det |
| 53 | happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 concerned | nsubj |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 life | case |
| 55 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 life | nmod:poss |
| 56 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 happiness | nmod |
| 57 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 58 concerned | cop |
| 58 | concerned | concerned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 do | advcl |
| 59 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 21 entitled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reply speech: ask a condition, not said to happen | past | a man of no wit and sense | with the Tuft | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with tuft=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | entitle in a quote | would · passive | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | reproach in a quote | to-infinitive | you | for breach of your word | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for breach=Attribute | ||||
| 5 | not let in a quote | future | you | a man of no wit and sense = man | Madam vocative | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | |||
| 6 | do in a quote | infinitive | a matter | likewise property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | is in a quote | present | all happiness of my life | concerned, wherein property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | breach in a quote | your word | nom breach «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 9 | word in a quote | your | 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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