--- title: _--Perrault's _Trois Souhaits_ is the same tale, and Mr. Lang has sh… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: _--Perrault's _Trois Souhaits_ is the same tale, and Mr. Lang has shown in his edition of Perrault (pp. xlii.-li.) how widely spread is the theme throughout the climes and the ages. Who acts: _, Lang, same tale. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (\_, Lang, same tale), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg14241:56:4 # text = _--Perrault's _Trois Souhaits_ is the same tale, and Mr. Lang has shown in his edition of Perrault (pp. xlii.-li.) how widely spread is the theme throughout the climes and the ages. 1 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 -- -- PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Perrault Perrault PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Trois Trois PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Souhaits Souhaits PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 1 punct _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:desc _ _ 16 Lang Lang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 edition edition NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Perrault Perrault PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 pp page NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 27 xlii xlii NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 li li NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 30 punct _ _ 33 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 34 widely widely ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 theme theme NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 39 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 climes clime NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | \_ and Perrault's Trois Souhaits | the same tale | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **show** | present · perfect | Lang Mr. | | | \_'s edition of Perrault and pp | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **spread** | participle | \_ and Perrault's Trois Souhaits *not said here* | | | | | widely *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | present | the same tale | the theme | | | throughout the climes and the ages | | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/56/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/56/5/) - ↑ back to [LXV. the Three Wishes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/56/)