The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, _thomas Bodkin_, part 3, sentence 10

The Prince was at a stand, not knowing what to believe, when a very aged countryman spake to him thus: "May it please your Royal Highness, it is now above fifty years since I heard my father, who had heard my grandfather, say that there then was in this castle, a Princess, the most beautiful was ever seen; that she must sleep there a hundred years, and should be awaked by a king's son; for whom she was reserved."

Who acts: Prince, spake, some, father, Princess, son · What happens: be, not know, believe, please, hear, say · To what, where: stand, Royal Highness, father, grandfather, castle, Princess · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, _thomas Bodkin_, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, spake, some, father), 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 Prince	det
2	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 stand	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stand	cop
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 stand	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stand	det
6	stand	stand	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 knowing	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 knowing	advmod
9	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 stand	advcl
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 believe	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 believe	mark
12	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 knowing	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 spake	punct
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	19 spake	advmod
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 spake	det
16	very	very	ADV	_	17 aged	advmod
17	aged	aged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 spake	amod
18	countryman	countryman	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 spake	compound
19	spake	speak	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stand	conj
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 him	case
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 spake	nmod
22	thus	thus	ADV	_	19 spake	advmod
23	:	:	PUNCT	_	27 please	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	27 please	punct
25	May	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 please	aux
26	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 please	nsubj
27	please	please	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 stand	parataxis
28	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 Highness	nmod:poss
29	Royal	Royal	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 Highness	compound
30	Highness	highness	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 please	obj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 years	punct
32	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 years	nsubj
33	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 years	cop
34	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	37 years	advmod
35	above	above	ADP	_	37 years	case
36	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	37 years	nummod
37	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 please	obl
38	since	since	SCONJ	_	40 heard	mark
39	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	40 heard	nsubj
40	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 please	advcl
41	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 father	nmod:poss
42	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 heard	obj
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 heard	punct
44	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	46 heard	nsubj
45	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 heard	aux
46	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	42 father	acl:relcl
47	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 grandfather	nmod:poss
48	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 heard	obj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 say	punct
50	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 please	conj
51	that	that	SCONJ	_	52 there	mark
52	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	50 say	ccomp
53	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	57 castle	advmod
54	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 castle	cop
55	in	in	ADP	_	57 castle	case
56	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	57 castle	det
57	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 say	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 Princess	punct
59	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	60 Princess	det
60	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 castle	conj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 beautiful	punct
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 beautiful	det
63	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	64 beautiful	advmod
64	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 Princess	amod
65	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 seen	aux:pass
66	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	67 seen	advmod
67	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	64 beautiful	xcomp
68	;	;	PUNCT	_	72 sleep	punct
69	that	that	SCONJ	_	72 sleep	mark
70	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 sleep	nsubj
71	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	72 sleep	aux
72	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 say	conj
73	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	72 sleep	advmod
74	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	75 hundred	det
75	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	76 years	nummod
76	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 sleep	obl
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 awaked	punct
78	and	and	CCONJ	_	81 awaked	cc
79	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	81 awaked	aux
80	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	81 awaked	aux:pass
81	awaked	awak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 please	conj
82	by	by	ADP	_	86 son	case
83	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	84 king	det
84	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 son	nmod:poss
85	's	's	PART	_	84 king	case
86	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 awaked	obl
87	;	;	PUNCT	_	89 whom	punct
88	for	for	ADP	_	89 whom	case
89	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	81 awaked	obl
90	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	92 reserved	nsubj
91	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	92 reserved	aux:pass
92	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	89 whom	acl:relcl
93	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 stand	punct
94	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 stand	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	is	past	the Prince		a stand and a aged countryman spake to son		tree rules
2	not know	gerund	the Prince not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	believe	to-infinitive					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
4	please in a quote	may	spake = speak	your Royal Highness			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus highness=Experiencer
5	is in a quote	present	spake = speak			above fifty years; now	tree rules
6	hear in a quote	past	some	my father			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer father=Stimulus
7	hear in a quote	past · perfect	my father	my grandfather			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer grandfather=Stimulus
8	say speech: assert in a quote	infinitive	spake = speak not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
9	is in a quote	past			this castle and a Princess	then	tree rules
10	see in a quote	past · passive				ever	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»
11	sleep in a quote	must	Princess		there	year	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	awak in a quote	should · passive	a king's son				tree rules
13	reserve in a quote	past · passive		Princess			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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