The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Towards Her"], sentence 89
Although the King was astonished by this whim, he did not hesitate to satisfy it; the poor ass was sacrificed and the skin brought, with due ceremony, to the Princess, who, seeing no other way of avoiding her ill-fortune, was desperate.
Who acts: whim, King, skin, Princess, other way · What happens: astonish, not hesitate, satisfy, sacrifice, bring, see · To what, where: King, desire, poor ass, due ceremony, other way, ill fortune
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 (whim, King, skin, Princess), 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 | Although | although | SCONJ | _ | 5 astonished | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 astonished | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 astonished | aux:pass |
| 5 | astonished | astonish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 hesitate | advcl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 whim | case |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 whim | det |
| 8 | whim | whim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 astonished | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 astonished | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 hesitate | nsubj |
| 11 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 hesitate | aux |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 hesitate | advmod |
| 13 | hesitate | hesitate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 satisfy | mark |
| 15 | satisfy | satisfy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 hesitate | xcomp |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 satisfy | obj |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 sacrificed | punct |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 ass | det |
| 19 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 ass | amod |
| 20 | ass | ass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 sacrificed | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 sacrificed | aux:pass |
| 22 | sacrificed | sacrifice | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 hesitate | parataxis |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 brought | cc |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 skin | det |
| 25 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 brought | nsubj |
| 26 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 sacrificed | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 ceremony | punct |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 ceremony | case |
| 29 | due | due | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 ceremony | amod |
| 30 | ceremony | ceremony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 brought | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 Princess | punct |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 Princess | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Princess | det |
| 34 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 desperate | nsubj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 seeing | punct |
| 36 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 seeing | nsubj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 seeing | punct |
| 38 | seeing | see | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 34 Princess | acl |
| 39 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 41 way | det |
| 40 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 way | amod |
| 41 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 seeing | obj |
| 42 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 43 avoiding | mark |
| 43 | avoiding | avoid | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 41 way | acl |
| 44 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 fortune | nmod:poss |
| 45 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 fortune | amod |
| 46 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 45 ill | punct |
| 47 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 avoiding | obj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 Princess | punct |
| 49 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 desperate | cop |
| 50 | desperate | desperate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 brought | ccomp |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 hesitate | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | astonish | past · passive | this whim | the King | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | not hesitate | past · do-support | King | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | satisfy | to-infinitive | King not said here | desire | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | sacrifice | past · passive | the poor ass | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 5 | bring | past | the skin | due ceremony | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent ceremony=Theme | ||||
| 6 | see | gerund | the Princess | no other way | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | avoid | gerund | no other way not said here | Princess's ill fortune | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent fortune=Location | ||||
| 8 | is | past | the Princess | desperate property | 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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