--- title: _How advantageous it may be, By long descent of pedigree, T'enjoy a… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: _How advantageous it may be, By long descent of pedigree, T'enjoy a great estate, Yet knowledge how to act, we see, Join'd with consummate industry, (Nor wonder ye thereat) Doth often prove a greater boon, As should be to young people known. Who acts: Moral, we, ye. 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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 (Moral, we, ye), 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:pg29021:11:8 # text = _How advantageous it may be, By long descent of pedigree, T'enjoy a great estate, Yet knowledge how to act, we see, Join'd with consummate industry, (Nor wonder ye thereat) Doth often prove a greater boon, As should be to young people known. 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 3 advantageous advantageous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 obl _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 5 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 By by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 descent descent NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 pedigree pedigree NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 T'enjoy t'enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 estate estate NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 21 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 act act VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 Join Join PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 consummate consummate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 industry industry NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Nor Nor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 37 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nsubj _ _ 38 thereat thereat ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 38 punct _ _ 40 Doth do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 often often ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 prove prove VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 45 amod _ _ 45 boon boon NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 47 As as ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 48 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 cop _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 appos _ _ 53 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | may | Moral | | | | | by long descent; of pedigree | tree rules | | 2 | **t'enjoy** | infinitive | Moral *not said here* | a great estate | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **act** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **see** | present | we | advantageous yet knowledge | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **do** | present | ye | Nor wonder *not said here* | | | | thereat *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wonder=Eventuality | | 6 | **prove** | present | ye *not said here* | a greater boon | | | | often *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boon=Theme | | 7 | **is** | should | | | | | | as young people | tree rules | | 8 | **know** | participle | | young people *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/9/) - ↑ back to [Followed the King, Who Went Up First"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/)