--- title: There is no doubt that in the medieval versions of this ancient tale… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: There is no doubt that in the medieval versions of this ancient tale Cinderilla was given _pantoufles de vair_--_i.e._, of a grey, or grey and white, fur, the exact nature of which has been a matter of controversy, but which was probably a grey squirrel. Who acts: doubt, medieval versions, exact nat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/67/) [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/) / [Followed the King, Who Went Up First"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/) / 67 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Followed the King, Who Went Up First"\], sentence 67 There is no doubt that in the medieval versions of this ancient tale Cinderilla was given \_pantoufles de vair\_--\_i.e.\_, of a grey, or grey and white, fur, the exact nature of which has been a matter of controversy, but which was probably a grey squirrel. **Who acts:** doubt, medieval versions, exact nature · **What happens:** be, give · **To what, where:** Cinderilla, grey squirrel This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Followed the King, Who Went Up First"\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (doubt, medieval versions, exact nature), 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:pg29021:11:67 # text = There is no doubt that in the medieval versions of this ancient tale Cinderilla was given _pantoufles de vair_--_i.e._, of a grey, or grey and white, fur, the exact nature of which has been a matter of controversy, but which was probably a grey squirrel. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 medieval medieval ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 versions version NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 12 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 14 Cinderilla Cinderilla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 17 _ _ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 pantoufles pantoufle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 de de ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 vair vair NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 i.e. i.e. ADV FW _ 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 29 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 exact exact ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 43 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 44 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 cop _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 controversy controversy NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 53 probably probably ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 squirrel squirrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | no doubt | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **give** | past · passive | the medieval versions *not said here* | Cinderilla | | | | of this ancient tale | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient pantoufle=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present · perfect | the exact nature | | | | | of a matter; of controversy | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | past | | a grey squirrel | | | | probably *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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/68/) - ↑ back to [Followed the King, Who Went Up First"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/)