The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, "he Thought the Princess Was His Queen" 143, sentence 39

He wrote odes in honour of the King; he planned designs for Gobelin tapestries and decorative paintings; he became a member of the select little Academy of Medals and Inscriptions which Colbert brought into being to devise suitable legends for the royal palaces and monuments; he encouraged musicians and fought the cause of Lulli; he joined with Claude in a successful effort to found the Academy of Science.

Who acts: Quinault, Colbert · What happens: write, plan, become, bring, devise, encourage · To what, where: odes, honour, designs, member, Medals, suitable legends

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 (Quinault, Colbert), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wrote	nsubj
2	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	odes	ode	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wrote	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 honour	case
5	honour	honour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrote	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 King	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 King	det
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 honour	nmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 planned	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 planned	nsubj
11	planned	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wrote	conj
12	designs	design	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 planned	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 tapestries	case
14	Gobelin	Gobelin	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 tapestries	compound
15	tapestries	tapestry	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 planned	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 paintings	cc
17	decorative	decorative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 paintings	amod
18	paintings	painting	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 tapestries	conj
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 became	punct
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 became	nsubj
21	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wrote	conj
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 member	det
23	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 became	xcomp
24	of	of	ADP	_	28 Academy	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 Academy	det
26	select	select	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 Academy	amod
27	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 Academy	amod
28	Academy	Academy	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 member	nmod
29	of	of	ADP	_	30 Medals	case
30	Medals	Medal	PROPN	Number=Plur	28 Academy	nmod
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 Inscriptions	cc
32	Inscriptions	Inscription	PROPN	Number=Plur	30 Medals	conj
33	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	35 brought	obj
34	Colbert	Colbert	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 brought	nsubj
35	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 Medals	acl:relcl
36	into	into	SCONJ	_	37 being	mark
37	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	21 became	advcl
38	to	to	PART	_	39 devise	mark
39	devise	devise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 being	xcomp
40	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 legends	amod
41	legends	legend	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 devise	obj
42	for	for	ADP	_	45 palaces	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 palaces	det
44	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 palaces	amod
45	palaces	palace	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 legends	nmod
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 monuments	cc
47	monuments	monument	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 palaces	conj
48	;	;	PUNCT	_	50 encouraged	punct
49	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 encouraged	nsubj
50	encouraged	encourage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wrote	parataxis
51	musicians	musician	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 encouraged	obj
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 fought	cc
53	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 encouraged	conj
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 cause	det
55	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 fought	obj
56	of	of	ADP	_	57 Lulli	case
57	Lulli	Lulli	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 cause	nmod
58	;	;	PUNCT	_	60 joined	punct
59	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 joined	nsubj
60	joined	join	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 encouraged	conj
61	with	with	ADP	_	62 Claude	case
62	Claude	Claude	PROPN	Number=Sing	60 joined	obl
63	in	in	ADP	_	66 effort	case
64	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	66 effort	det
65	successful	successful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 effort	amod
66	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 joined	obl
67	to	to	PART	_	68 found	mark
68	found	found	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	60 joined	advcl
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 Academy	det
70	Academy	Academy	PROPN	Number=Sing	68 found	obj
71	of	of	ADP	_	72 Science	case
72	Science	Science	PROPN	Number=Sing	70 Academy	nmod
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wrote	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	write	past	Quinault	odes	honour of the King		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ode=Theme in honour=Destination
2	plan	past	Quinault	designs		for Gobelin tapestries and decorative paintings	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent design=Topic
3	become	past	Quinault	a member of the select little Academy of Medals and Inscriptions			vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
4	bring	past	Colbert	Medals and Inscriptions			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent which=Theme
5	devise	to-infinitive	Quinault not said here	suitable legends		for the royal palaces and monuments	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent legend=Patient
6	encourage	past	Quinault	musicians			vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent musician=Theme
7	fight	past	Quinault not said here	the cause of Lulli			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Co-Agent
8	join	past	Quinault			with Claude; in a successful effort	vn cooperate-73.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with claude=Co-Agent in effort=Theme
9	found	to-infinitive	Quinault not said here	the Academy of Science			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent academy=Patient
10	honour			the King			nom honour «state transitive»: of=patient
11	cause			Lulli			nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient

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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