The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, "he Thought the Princess Was His Queen" 143, sentence 49

This was not his only service to the Academy, for he carried a motion to the effect that future elections should be by ballot; and invented and provided, at his own expense, a ballot-box which, though he does not describe it, was probably the model of those in use in all modern clubs and societies.

Who acts: This, address, future elections · What happens: not be, carry, be, invent, provide, not describe · To what, where: only service, motion, modern clubs, effect, own expense, model

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 (This, address, future elections), 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	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 service	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 service	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 service	advmod
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 service	nmod:poss
5	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 service	amod
6	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 Academy	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Academy	det
9	Academy	Academy	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 service	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 carried	punct
11	for	for	SCONJ	_	13 carried	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 carried	nsubj
13	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 service	parataxis
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 motion	det
15	motion	motion	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 carried	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 effect	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 effect	det
18	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 carried	obl
19	that	that	SCONJ	_	25 ballot	mark
20	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 elections	amod
21	elections	election	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 ballot	nsubj
22	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 ballot	aux
23	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	25 ballot	cop
24	by	by	ADP	_	25 ballot	case
25	ballot	ballot	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 effect	acl
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 invented	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 invented	cc
28	invented	invent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 carried	conj
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 provided	cc
30	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 invented	conj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 expense	punct
32	at	at	ADP	_	35 expense	case
33	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 expense	nmod:poss
34	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 expense	amod
35	expense	expense	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 provided	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 box	punct
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 box	det
38	ballot	ballot	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 box	compound
39	-	-	PUNCT	_	38 ballot	punct
40	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 expense	conj
41	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	40 box	nmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 describe	punct
43	though	though	SCONJ	_	47 describe	mark
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 describe	nsubj
45	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	47 describe	aux
46	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	47 describe	advmod
47	describe	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 invented	conj
48	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 describe	obj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 model	punct
50	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 model	cop
51	probably	probably	ADV	_	53 model	advmod
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 model	det
53	model	model	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 carried	obl
54	of	of	ADP	_	55 those	case
55	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	53 model	nmod
56	in	in	ADP	_	57 use	case
57	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 those	nmod
58	in	in	ADP	_	61 clubs	case
59	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	61 clubs	det
60	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 clubs	amod
61	clubs	club	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 carried	obl
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 societies	cc
63	societies	society	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 clubs	conj
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 service	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not is a	past	This	address's only service		to the Academy	tree rules
2	carry	past	address	a motion	all modern clubs and societies	to the effect	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent motion=Theme to effect=Destination
3	is	should	future elections	the effect not said here		by ballot	tree rules
4	invent	past	address not said here				vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	provide	past	address not said here		address's own expense and a ballot box address's own expense and a ballot box own expense		vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
6	not describe	present · do-support	address	motion			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme
7	is a	past		the model		of those; probably 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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