--- title: One evening, as she was, according to her custom, rambling round abo… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: One evening, as she was, according to her custom, rambling round about the courts and yards of the palace, to see if she could smell any fresh meat, she heard, in a ground-room little Day crying, for his mamma was going to whip him, because he had been naughty; and she heard, at the same time, littl --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/10/28/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/) / [Her With a Sauce Robert'"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/10/) / 28 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Her With a Sauce Robert'"\], sentence 28 One evening, as she was, according to her custom, rambling round about the courts and yards of the palace, to see if she could smell any fresh meat, she heard, in a ground-room little Day crying, for his mamma was going to whip him, because he had been naughty; and she heard, at the same time, little Aurora begging pardon for her brother. **Who acts:** Queen, little Day, mamma, child, same time · **What happens:** accord, be, ramble, see, smell, hear · **To what, where:** fresh meat, ground room, child, pardon This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Her With a Sauce Robert'"\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Queen, little Day, mamma, child), 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:pg29021:10:28 # text = One evening, as she was, according to her custom, rambling round about the courts and yards of the palace, to see if she could smell any fresh meat, she heard, in a ground-room little Day crying, for his mamma was going to whip him, because he had been naughty; and she heard, at the same time, little Aurora begging pardon for her brother. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 case _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 rambling ramble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 14 round round ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 about about ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 courts court NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 yards yard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 smell smell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 30 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 31 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 42 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 Day Day PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 for for SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 mamma mamma NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 conj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 whip whip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 55 because because SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 57 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 59 cop _ _ 59 naughty naughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ; ; PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 62 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 65 at at ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 67 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 70 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 Aurora Aurora PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 appos _ _ 72 begging beg VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 68 acl _ _ 73 pardon pardon NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obj _ _ 74 for for ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 76 nmod:poss _ _ 76 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | Queen | | | | | accord Queen's custom | tree rules | | 3 | **ramble** | gerund | Queen *not said here* | | | | | about the courts and yards of the palace; round *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about court=Trajectory | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **smell** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | Queen | any fresh meat | | | | | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meat=Stimulus | | 6 | **hear** | past | Queen | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | little Day | a ground room *not said here* | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Topic | | 8 | **go** | past · progressive | child's mamma | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **whip** | to-infinitive | child's mamma *not said here* | child | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent he=Material | | 10 | **is** | past · perfect | child | | | | | naughty *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **hear** | past | Queen | | | | time | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 12 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund | the same time *not said here* | pardon | | | | for Queen's brother | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent pardon=Recipient for brother=Topic | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/10/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/10/29/) - ↑ back to [Her With a Sauce Robert'"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/10/)