The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Towards Her"], sentence 148
Now, some believe that Donkey-skin had been aware of the Prince in her heart at the moment when he had put his eye to the keyhole; and then, looking from her little window, she had seen him, so young, so handsome, and so shapely, that the remembrance of him had remained, and that often the thought of him had cost her some sighs.
Who acts: some, Donkey skin, farm, skin, that, thought · What happens: believe, be, put, look, see, remain · To what, where: heart, eye, farm, remembrance
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 (some, Donkey skin, farm, skin), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 believe | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Now | punct |
| 3 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 believe | nsubj |
| 4 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 aware | mark |
| 6 | Donkey | Donkey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 skin | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 Donkey | punct |
| 8 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 aware | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 aware | aux |
| 10 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 aware | cop |
| 11 | aware | aware | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 believe | ccomp |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Prince | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Prince | det |
| 14 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 aware | obl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 heart | case |
| 16 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 heart | nmod:poss |
| 17 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 aware | obl |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 moment | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 moment | det |
| 20 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 heart | nmod |
| 21 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 24 put | advmod |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 put | nsubj |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 put | aux |
| 24 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 20 moment | acl |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 eye | nmod:poss |
| 26 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 put | obj |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 keyhole | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 keyhole | det |
| 29 | keyhole | keyhole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 put | obl |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 looking | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 looking | cc |
| 32 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 34 looking | advmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 looking | punct |
| 34 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 believe | advcl |
| 35 | from | from | ADP | _ | 38 window | case |
| 36 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 window | nmod:poss |
| 37 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 window | amod |
| 38 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 looking | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 seen | punct |
| 40 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 seen | nsubj |
| 41 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 seen | aux |
| 42 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 34 looking | advcl |
| 43 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 seen | obj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 young | punct |
| 45 | so | so | ADV | _ | 46 young | advmod |
| 46 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 believe | advcl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 handsome | punct |
| 48 | so | so | ADV | _ | 49 handsome | advmod |
| 49 | handsome | handsome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 young | conj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 shapely | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 shapely | cc |
| 52 | so | so | ADV | _ | 53 shapely | advmod |
| 53 | shapely | shapely | ADV | _ | 4 believe | advmod |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 remained | punct |
| 55 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 61 remained | mark |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 remembrance | det |
| 57 | remembrance | remembrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 remained | nsubj:pass |
| 58 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 him | case |
| 59 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 remembrance | nmod |
| 60 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 61 remained | aux |
| 61 | remained | remain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 believe | parataxis |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 thought | punct |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 67 thought | cc |
| 64 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 67 thought | nsubj |
| 65 | often | often | ADV | _ | 67 thought | advmod |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 thought | det |
| 67 | thought | thought | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 remained | obl |
| 68 | of | of | ADP | _ | 69 him | case |
| 69 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 71 cost | nsubj:pass |
| 70 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 71 cost | aux |
| 71 | cost | cost | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 67 thought | acl:relcl |
| 72 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 74 sighs | nmod:poss |
| 73 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 74 sighs | det |
| 74 | sighs | sigh | NOUN | Number=Plur | 71 cost | obj |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 believe | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | present | some | now | shapely property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | is | past · perfect | Donkey skin | skin's heart at the moment | of the Prince; aware property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | put | past · perfect | farm | farm's eye | to the keyhole | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent eye=Goal | |||
| 4 | look | gerund | some not said here | then | from skin's little window | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from window=Theme | |||
| 5 | see | past · perfect | skin | farm | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | remain | past · perfect · passive | the remembrance of farm | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | |||||
| 7 | thought | that | often property | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | cost | past · perfect · passive | the thought not said here | farm | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary sigh=Value | ||||
| 9 | remember | farm | nom remembrance «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 10 | sigh | skin | nom sigh «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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