The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, _thomas Bodkin_, part 3, sentence 22
The Prince, charmed with these words, and much more with the manner in which they were spoken, knew not how to shew his joy and gratitude; he assured her, that he loved her better than he did himself; his discourse was not well connected, but it pleased her all the more; little eloquence, a great deal of love.
Who acts: Prince · What happens: charm, speak, not know, shew, assure, love · To what, where: Prince, words, manner, little eloquence, joy, 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), 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 | 21 knew | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 charmed | punct |
| 4 | charmed | charm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 Prince | acl |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 words | case |
| 6 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 7 words | det |
| 7 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 charmed | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 more | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 more | cc |
| 10 | much | much | ADV | _ | 11 more | advmod |
| 11 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 words | appos |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 manner | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 manner | det |
| 14 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 more | obl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 which | case |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 spoken | obl |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 spoken | nsubj |
| 18 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 spoken | aux:pass |
| 19 | spoken | speak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 manner | acl:relcl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Prince | punct |
| 21 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 22 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 knew | advmod |
| 23 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 25 shew | advmod |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 shew | mark |
| 25 | shew | shew | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 knew | ccomp |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 joy | nmod:poss |
| 27 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 shew | obj |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 gratitude | cc |
| 29 | gratitude | gratitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 joy | conj |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 assured | punct |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 assured | nsubj |
| 32 | assured | assure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 knew | parataxis |
| 33 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 assured | iobj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 loved | punct |
| 35 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 37 loved | mark |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 loved | nsubj |
| 37 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 assured | conj |
| 38 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 better | nmod:poss |
| 39 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 37 loved | obj |
| 40 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 42 did | mark |
| 41 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 did | nsubj |
| 42 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 better | advcl |
| 43 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 42 did | obj |
| 44 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 50 connected | punct |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 discourse | nmod:poss |
| 46 | discourse | discourse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 connected | nsubj:pass |
| 47 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 connected | aux:pass |
| 48 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 50 connected | advmod |
| 49 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 50 connected | advmod |
| 50 | connected | connect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 assured | conj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 pleased | punct |
| 52 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 54 pleased | cc |
| 53 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 pleased | nsubj |
| 54 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 connected | conj |
| 55 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 pleased | nsubj |
| 56 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 58 more | det:predet |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 more | det |
| 58 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 54 pleased | advmod |
| 59 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 61 eloquence | punct |
| 60 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 61 eloquence | amod |
| 61 | eloquence | eloquence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 knew | obl |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 deal | punct |
| 63 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 65 deal | det |
| 64 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 65 deal | amod |
| 65 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 eloquence | appos |
| 66 | of | of | ADP | _ | 67 love | case |
| 67 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 deal | nmod |
| 68 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | charm | participle | the Prince not said here | with this words | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | speak speech: other | past · passive | words = word | the manner | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not know | past | the Prince | little eloquence | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | shew | to-infinitive | Prince's joy and gratitude | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | assure | past | Prince | Princess | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | love | past | Prince | Princess's better | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | do | past | Prince | Prince | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Eventuality | ||||
| 8 | not connect | past · passive | Prince's discourse | well property | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 9 | joy | Prince | nom joy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 10 | discourse | Prince | nom discourse «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 11 | deal | love | nom deal «act 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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