--- title: All the ladies were busied in considering her clothes and head-dress… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: All the ladies were busied in considering her clothes and head-dress, that they might have some made next day after the same pattern, provided they could meet with such fine materials, and as able hands to make them. Who acts: ladies, able hands. 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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 (ladies, able hands), 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:pg29021:11:78 # text = All the ladies were busied in considering her clothes and head-dress, that they might have some made next day after the same pattern, provided they could meet with such fine materials, and as able hands to make them. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 busied busy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 in in SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 considering consider VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 7 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 19 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 22 det _ _ 20 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 amod _ _ 21 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 23 after after ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 pattern pattern NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 provided provide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 34 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 materials material NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **busy** | past · passive | | all ladies | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **consider** | gerund | | silence's clothes and head dress | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent clothes=Attribute | | 3 | **have** | might | ladies *= lady* | | | | day | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 5 | **provide** | past | | | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme | | 6 | **meet** | could | ladies *= lady* | | | | | with such fine materials | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with material=Co-Agent | | 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | able hands | ladies *= lady* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/79/) - ↑ back to [Followed the King, Who Went Up First"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/)