The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, _thomas Bodkin_, part 2, sentence 81

The youngest gave her for gift, that she should be the most beautiful person in the world; the next, that she should have the wit of an angel; the third, that she should have a wonderful grace in every thing she did; the fourth, that she should dance perfectly well; the fifth, that she should sing like a nightingale; and the sixth, that she should play upon all kinds of music to the utmost perfection.

Who acts: youngest, Princess · What happens: give, be, have, do, dance, sing · To what, where: sixth, Princess, beautiful person, world, wit, wonderful grace

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 (youngest, 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 youngest	det
2	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gave	iobj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 gift	case
6	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 person	punct
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 person	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 person	nsubj
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 person	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 person	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 person	det
13	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	14 beautiful	advmod
14	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 person	amod
15	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 world	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 world	det
18	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 person	nmod
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 next	punct
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 next	det
21	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gave	parataxis
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 have	punct
23	that	that	SCONJ	_	26 have	mark
24	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 have	nsubj
25	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 have	aux
26	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 next	conj
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 wit	det
28	wit	wit	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 have	obj
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 angel	case
30	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 angel	det
31	angel	angel	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 wit	nmod
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 third	punct
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 third	det
34	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 gave	parataxis
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 have	punct
36	that	that	SCONJ	_	39 have	mark
37	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 have	nsubj
38	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	39 have	aux
39	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 third	conj
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 grace	det
41	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 grace	amod
42	grace	grace	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 have	obj
43	in	in	ADP	_	45 thing	case
44	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	45 thing	det
45	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 have	obl
46	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 did	nsubj
47	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 thing	acl:relcl
48	;	;	PUNCT	_	50 fourth	punct
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 fourth	det
50	fourth	fourth	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 gave	parataxis
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 dance	punct
52	that	that	SCONJ	_	55 dance	mark
53	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 dance	nsubj
54	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	55 dance	aux
55	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 fourth	conj
56	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	57 well	advmod
57	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	55 dance	advmod
58	;	;	PUNCT	_	60 fifth	punct
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 fifth	det
60	fifth	fifth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gave	parataxis
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 sing	punct
62	that	that	SCONJ	_	65 sing	mark
63	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 sing	nsubj
64	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	65 sing	aux
65	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	60 fifth	conj
66	like	like	ADP	_	68 nightingale	case
67	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	68 nightingale	det
68	nightingale	nightingale	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 sing	obl
69	;	;	PUNCT	_	72 sixth	punct
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 sixth	cc
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 sixth	det
72	sixth	sixth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 play	punct
74	that	that	SCONJ	_	77 play	mark
75	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 play	nsubj
76	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	77 play	aux
77	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	72 sixth	acl:relcl
78	upon	upon	ADP	_	80 kinds	case
79	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	80 kinds	det
80	kinds	kind	NOUN	Number=Plur	77 play	obl
81	of	of	ADP	_	82 music	case
82	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 kinds	nmod
83	to	to	ADP	_	86 perfection	case
84	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 perfection	det
85	utmost	utmost	ADJ	Degree=Pos	86 perfection	amod
86	perfection	perfection	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 play	obl
87	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	past	the youngest	the sixth	Princess		for gift	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Recipient sixth=Theme for gift=Asset
2	is a	should	Princess	the beautiful person		the world		tree rules
3	have	should	Princess	the wit of a angel				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wit=Patient
4	have	should	Princess	a wonderful grace		every thing		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grace=Patient
5	do	past	Princess	every thing not said here				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality
6	dance	should	Princess				well property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	sing speech: express	should	Princess				like a nightingale	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
8	play	should	Princess	the sixth not said here			upon all kinds of music; to the utmost perfection	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sixth=Theme

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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