--- title: They were almost two days without eating, so much they were transpor… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: They were almost two days without eating, so much they were transported with joy; they broke above a dozen of laces in trying to be laced up close, that they might have a fine slender shape, and they were continually at their looking-glass. Who acts: Cinderilla, two days, laces. 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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 (Cinderilla, two days, laces), 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:pg29021:11:41 # text = They were almost two days without eating, so much they were transported with joy; they broke above a dozen of laces in trying to be laced up close, that they might have a fine slender shape, and they were continually at their looking-glass. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 almost almost ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 without without SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 much much ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 transported transport VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 19 above above ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 dozen dozen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 laces lace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 24 in in SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 laced lace VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 xcomp _ _ 29 up up ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 parataxis _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 slender slender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 44 continually continually ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 45 at at ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 47 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 49 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Cinderilla | two days | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **eat** | gerund | two days *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **transport** | past · passive | two days *not said here* | Cinderilla | | | | with joy | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 4 | **break** | past | Cinderilla | | | a dozen of laces | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above dozen=Location | | 5 | **try** | gerund | laces *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **lace up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | laces *not said here* | | | | | close *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 7 | **have** | might | Cinderilla | a fine slender shape | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient | | 8 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **is** | past | Cinderilla | | | Cinderilla's looking glass | | continually *property* | 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:** «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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/42/) - ↑ back to [Followed the King, Who Went Up First"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/)