The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Towards Her"], sentence 133

She declared that even if it was a matter of giving him the crown, his father would yield the throne to him without regret; or if he desired some Princess, even though there should be war with the King her father and their subjects should, with reason, complain, all should be sacrificed to obtain what he wished.

Who acts: Queen, it, matter, father, sorrow · What happens: declare, be, give, yield, desire, complain · To what, where: matter, crown, sorrow, throne, Princess, all

This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Towards Her"]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Queen, it, matter, father), 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	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 matter	mark
4	even	even	ADV	_	9 matter	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 matter	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 matter	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 matter	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 matter	det
9	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	ccomp
10	of	of	SCONJ	_	11 giving	mark
11	giving	give	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 matter	acl
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 giving	iobj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 crown	det
14	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 giving	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 yield	punct
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 father	nmod:poss
17	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 yield	nsubj
18	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 yield	aux
19	yield	yield	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 declared	advcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 throne	det
21	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 yield	obj
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 him	case
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 yield	obl
24	without	without	ADP	_	25 regret	case
25	regret	regret	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 yield	obl
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 desired	punct
27	or	or	CCONJ	_	30 desired	cc
28	if	if	SCONJ	_	30 desired	mark
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 desired	nsubj
30	desired	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 declared	parataxis
31	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	32 Princess	det
32	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 desired	obj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 war	punct
34	even	even	ADV	_	39 war	advmod
35	though	though	ADP	_	39 war	case
36	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	38 be	expl
37	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	38 be	aux
38	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	39 war	cop
39	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 desired	obl
40	with	with	ADP	_	42 King	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 King	det
42	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 war	nmod
43	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 father	nmod:poss
44	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 should	nsubj
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 subjects	cc
46	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 subjects	nmod:poss
47	subjects	subject	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 father	conj
48	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	39 war	acl:relcl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 reason	punct
50	with	with	ADP	_	51 reason	case
51	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 desired	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 complain	punct
53	complain	complain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 desired	conj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 sacrificed	punct
55	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	58 sacrificed	nsubj:pass
56	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 sacrificed	aux
57	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	58 sacrificed	aux:pass
58	sacrificed	sacrifice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	53 complain	parataxis
59	to	to	PART	_	60 obtain	mark
60	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 sacrificed	xcomp
61	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	63 wished	obj
62	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 wished	nsubj
63	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 obtain	ccomp
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 declared	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	Queen				vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is a a condition, not said to happen	past	it	a matter			tree rules
3	give	gerund	a matter not said here	the crown	sorrow		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient crown=Theme
4	yield	would	sorrow's father	the throne	sorrow	without regret	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent throne=Theme to he=Goal
5	desire a condition, not said to happen	past	sorrow	some Princess		with reason	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot princess=Theme
6	is	infinitive				though war; with the King	tree rules
7	complain speech: other	infinitive	sorrow not said here				vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	sacrifice	should · passive		all			tree rules
9	obtain	to-infinitive					tree rules
10	wish	past	sorrow				vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=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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