The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Towards Her"], sentence 60
In his delusions he imagined himself once more a young man; he thought the Princess his daughter, in her youth and beauty, was his Queen as he had known her in the days of their courtship, and living thus in the past he urged the unhappy girl to speedily become his bride.
Who acts: King · What happens: imagine, think, be, know, live, urge · To what, where: King, delusions, Princess, Queen, past, unhappy girl · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 delusions | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 delusions | nmod:poss |
| 3 | delusions | delusion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 imagined | obl |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 imagined | nsubj |
| 5 | imagined | imagine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 imagined | obj |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 8 more | advmod |
| 8 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 imagined | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 man | det |
| 10 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 man | amod |
| 11 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 more | nsubj |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 thought | punct |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 thought | nsubj |
| 14 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 imagined | conj |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Princess | det |
| 16 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 thought | obj |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 18 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 thought | xcomp |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 youth | punct |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 youth | case |
| 21 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 youth | nmod:poss |
| 22 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 thought | ccomp |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 beauty | cc |
| 24 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 youth | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 Queen | punct |
| 26 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 Queen | cop |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 Queen | nmod:poss |
| 28 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 thought | ccomp |
| 29 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 32 known | mark |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 known | nsubj:pass |
| 31 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 known | aux |
| 32 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 thought | ccomp |
| 33 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 known | obj |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 days | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 days | det |
| 36 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 known | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 courtship | case |
| 38 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 courtship | nmod:poss |
| 39 | courtship | courtship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 days | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 urged | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 urged | cc |
| 42 | living | live | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 48 urged | csubj |
| 43 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 42 living | advmod |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 past | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 past | det |
| 46 | past | past | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 living | obl |
| 47 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 urged | nsubj |
| 48 | urged | urge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 imagined | conj |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 girl | det |
| 50 | unhappy | unhappy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 girl | amod |
| 51 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 urged | obj |
| 52 | to | to | ADP | _ | 54 become | case |
| 53 | speedily | speedily | ADV | _ | 54 become | advmod |
| 54 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 48 urged | ccomp |
| 55 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 bride | nmod:poss |
| 56 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 become | xcomp |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 imagined | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | imagine | past | King | King | King's delusions | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme | |||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | King | the Princess | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent princess=Attribute clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is a | past | King's Queen | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | know | past · perfect · passive | King | day | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | live | gerund | the past | thus property | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in past=Location | ||||
| 6 | urge | past | King | the unhappy girl | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | become | infinitive | King not said here | King's bride | speedily property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||
| 8 | delude | King | nom delusion «state 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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