The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, "he Thought the Princess Was His Queen" 143, sentence 30

His first sustained literary effort had been a parody of the sixth book of the "Æneid"; which, perhaps fortunately for his reputation, was never published and has not survived.

Who acts: first sustained literary effort, want · What happens: sustain, be, not publish, not survive, repute · To what, where: parody

This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, "he Thought the Princess Was His Queen" 143. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (first sustained literary effort, want), 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	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 effort	nmod:poss
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 effort	amod
3	sustained	sustain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 effort	amod
4	literary	literary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 effort	amod
5	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 parody	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 parody	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 parody	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 parody	det
9	parody	parody	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 published	nsubj:pass
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 book	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 book	det
12	sixth	sixth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 book	amod
13	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 parody	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 Æneid	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Æneid	det
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 Æneid	punct
17	Æneid	Æneid	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 book	nmod
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 Æneid	punct
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	26 reputation	punct
20	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	26 reputation	nsubj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 reputation	punct
22	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	23 fortunately	advmod
23	fortunately	fortunately	ADV	_	26 reputation	advmod
24	for	for	ADP	_	26 reputation	case
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 reputation	nmod:poss
26	reputation	reputation	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 book	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 parody	punct
28	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 published	aux:pass
29	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	30 published	advmod
30	published	publish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 survived	cc
32	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 survived	aux
33	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	34 survived	advmod
34	survived	survive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	30 published	conj
35	.	.	PUNCT	_	30 published	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sustain	participle				vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past · perfect	want's first sustained literary effort	a parody	of the sixth book of the Æneid and want's reputation	tree rules
3	not publish	past · passive		a parody		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
4	not survive	present · perfect				vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	repute		want			nom reputation «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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