The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Towards Her"], sentence 43
The King who, notwithstanding the famous proverb, that marriage is the tomb of love, was deeply attached to his wife, was distressed beyond measure and made fervent vows to all the temples in his kingdom, and offered to give his life for that of his beloved consort; but he invoked the gods and the Fairies in vain.
Who acts: marriage, King · What happens: notwithstand, be, attach, distress, make, offer · To what, where: famous proverb, tomb, King, fervent vows, life, gods
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 (marriage, King), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 attached | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 King | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 notwithstanding | punct |
| 5 | notwithstanding | notwithstand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 who | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 proverb | det |
| 7 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 proverb | amod |
| 8 | proverb | proverb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 notwithstanding | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 tomb | punct |
| 10 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 marriage | det |
| 11 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 tomb | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 tomb | cop |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 tomb | det |
| 14 | tomb | tomb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 proverb | appos |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 love | case |
| 16 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 tomb | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 King | punct |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 attached | aux:pass |
| 19 | deeply | deeply | ADV | _ | 20 attached | advmod |
| 20 | attached | attach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 wife | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 wife | nmod:poss |
| 23 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 attached | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 distressed | punct |
| 25 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 distressed | aux:pass |
| 26 | distressed | distress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 attached | conj |
| 27 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 28 measure | case |
| 28 | measure | measure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 distressed | obl |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 made | cc |
| 30 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 distressed | conj |
| 31 | fervent | fervent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 vows | amod |
| 32 | vows | vow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 made | obj |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 temples | case |
| 34 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 36 temples | det:predet |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 temples | det |
| 36 | temples | temple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 made | obl |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 kingdom | case |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 39 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 temples | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 offered | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 offered | cc |
| 42 | offered | offer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 attached | conj |
| 43 | to | to | PART | _ | 44 give | mark |
| 44 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 offered | xcomp |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 life | nmod:poss |
| 46 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 give | obj |
| 47 | for | for | ADP | _ | 48 that | case |
| 48 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 44 give | obl |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 consort | case |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 consort | nmod:poss |
| 51 | beloved | beloved | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 consort | amod |
| 52 | consort | consort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 that | nmod |
| 53 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 56 invoked | punct |
| 54 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 56 invoked | cc |
| 55 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 invoked | nsubj |
| 56 | invoked | invoke | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 attached | parataxis |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 gods | det |
| 58 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 invoked | obj |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 Fairies | cc |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 Fairies | det |
| 61 | Fairies | Fairy | PROPN | Number=Plur | 58 gods | conj |
| 62 | in | in | ADP | _ | 63 vain | case |
| 63 | vain | vain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 invoked | obl |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 attached | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notwithstand | gerund | the famous proverb | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | that marriage | the tomb | of love | tree rules | |||
| 3 | attach | past · passive | the King | to King's wife; deeply property | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to wife=Co-Patient | ||||
| 4 | distress | past · passive | beyond measure | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | |||||
| 5 | make | past | fervent vows | to all temples in King's kingdom | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset vow=Product | ||||
| 6 | offer | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 7 | give not said to happen | to-infinitive | King's life | for that | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Theme for that=Asset | ||||
| 8 | invoke | past | King | the gods and the Fairies | vain | tree rules |
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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