The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Towards Her"], sentence 77

The Lilac-fairy, who knew all, hastened to comfort her and said: "Either I am greatly deceived or it is certain that if you ask for a dress the colour of the sun we shall at last baffle the King your father, for it would never be possible to make such a gown; in any case we should gain time."

Who acts: Lilac fairy, dress, you, King, it, we · What happens: know, hasten, comfort, say, deceive, be · To what, where: all, Princess, Lilac fairy, colour, last baffle, gown · 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 (Lilac fairy, dress, you, King), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fairy	det
2	Lilac	lilac	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fairy	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 Lilac	punct
4	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 knew	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 knew	nsubj
7	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fairy	acl:relcl
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 knew	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hastened	punct
10	hastened	hasten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 all	nmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 comfort	mark
12	comfort	comfort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 hastened	xcomp
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 comfort	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 said	cc
15	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 knew	conj
16	:	:	PUNCT	_	22 deceived	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 deceived	punct
18	Either	either	CCONJ	_	22 deceived	cc:preconj
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 deceived	nsubj
20	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 deceived	aux:pass
21	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	22 deceived	advmod
22	deceived	deceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 said	ccomp
23	or	or	CCONJ	_	26 certain	cc
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 certain	nsubj
25	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 certain	cop
26	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 deceived	conj
27	that	that	SCONJ	_	30 ask	mark
28	if	if	SCONJ	_	30 ask	mark
29	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	30 ask	nsubj
30	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 certain	advcl
31	for	for	ADP	_	33 dress	case
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 dress	det
33	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 ask	obl
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 colour	det
35	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 ask	obj
36	of	of	ADP	_	38 sun	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 sun	det
38	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 baffle	obl
39	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	43 baffle	nsubj
40	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	43 baffle	aux
41	at	at	ADP	_	43 baffle	case
42	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 baffle	amod
43	baffle	baffle	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 colour	nmod
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 King	det
45	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 father	nsubj
46	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 father	nmod:poss
47	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 baffle	parataxis
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 possible	punct
49	for	for	SCONJ	_	54 possible	mark
50	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 possible	nsubj
51	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	54 possible	aux
52	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	54 possible	advmod
53	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	54 possible	cop
54	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 father	conj
55	to	to	PART	_	56 make	mark
56	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	54 possible	csubj
57	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	59 gown	det:predet
58	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 gown	det
59	gown	gown	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 make	obj
60	;	;	PUNCT	_	66 gain	punct
61	in	in	ADP	_	63 case	case
62	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	63 case	det
63	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 gain	obl
64	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	66 gain	nsubj
65	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	66 gain	aux
66	gain	gain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fairy	parataxis
67	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 gain	obj
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 fairy	punct
69	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 fairy	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	the Lilac fairy	all				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer all=Stimulus
2	hasten	participle						tree rules
3	comfort	to-infinitive		Princess				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer
4	say speech: assert	past	the Lilac fairy not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	deceive in a quote	present · passive		the Lilac fairy = fairy			greatly property	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
6	is in a quote	present	dress				certain property	tree rules
7	ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	you	the colour	last baffle		for a dress	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent colour=Recipient
8	father in a quote		the King					tree rules
9	not is in a quote	would	it				possible property	tree rules
10	make in a quote	to-infinitive		such gown				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gown=Product
11	gain in a quote	should	we			time	in any case	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in case=Attribute

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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