The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, _thomas Bodkin_, part 2, sentence 73

There was a very fine christening; and the Princess had for her godmothers all the Fairies they could find in the whole kingdom (they found seven), that every one of them might give her a gift, as was the custom of Fairies in those days, and that by this means the Princess might have all the perfections imaginable.

Who acts: fine christening, Princess, godmothers, one, that · What happens: be, have, find, give, mean · To what, where: Fairies, whole kingdom, seven, gift, Princess, perfections · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, _thomas Bodkin_, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fine christening, Princess, godmothers, one), 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 christening	det
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 fine	advmod
5	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 christening	amod
6	christening	christening	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 had	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 had	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Princess	det
10	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 had	nsubj
11	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 was	parataxis
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 godmothers	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 godmothers	nmod:poss
14	godmothers	godmother	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 had	obl
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 Fairies	det:predet
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Fairies	det
17	Fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 godmothers	nmod
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 find	nsubj
19	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 find	aux
20	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 Fairies	acl:relcl
21	in	in	ADP	_	24 kingdom	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 kingdom	det
23	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 kingdom	amod
24	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 find	obl
25	(	(	PUNCT	_	27 found	punct
26	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 found	nsubj
27	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 had	parataxis
28	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	27 found	obj
29	)	)	PUNCT	_	28 seven	punct
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 give	punct
31	that	that	SCONJ	_	37 give	mark
32	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	33 one	det
33	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 give	nsubj
34	of	of	ADP	_	35 them	case
35	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 one	nmod
36	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	37 give	aux
37	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 found	conj
38	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 give	iobj
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 gift	det
40	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 give	obj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 custom	punct
42	as	as	ADP	_	45 custom	case
43	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 custom	cop
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 custom	det
45	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 give	obl
46	of	of	ADP	_	47 Fairies	case
47	Fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 custom	nmod
48	in	in	ADP	_	50 days	case
49	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	50 days	det
50	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 Fairies	nmod
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 means	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 means	cc
53	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	56 means	nsubj
54	by	by	ADP	_	55 this	case
55	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	53 that	nmod
56	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 was	parataxis
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 Princess	det
58	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 have	nsubj
59	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	60 have	aux
60	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 means	ccomp
61	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	63 perfections	det:predet
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 perfections	det
63	perfections	perfection	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 have	obj
64	imaginable	imaginable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 have	xcomp
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	past	a fine christening			there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	past	the Princess				for Princess's godmothers all Fairies	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	find	could	godmothers = godmother	all Fairies not said here		the whole kingdom		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=Topic
4	find	past	godmothers = godmother	seven				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seven=Topic
5	give	might	every one of godmothers	a gift	Princess			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient gift=Theme
6	is	past					as the custom; of Fairies in that days	tree rules
7	mean	present	that					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	have	might	the Princess	all perfections			imaginable property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perfection=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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