--- title: She went and sat down by her sisters, shewing them a thousand civili… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: She went and sat down by her sisters, shewing them a thousand civilities, giving them part of the oranges and citrons which the Prince had presented her with; which very much surprised them, for they did not know her. Who acts: collation, civilities. 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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 (collation, civilities), 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:pg29021:11:81 # text = She went and sat down by her sisters, shewing them a thousand civilities, giving them part of the oranges and citrons which the Prince had presented her with; which very much surprised them, for they did not know her. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 down down ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 shewing shew VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 civilities civility NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 oranges orange NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 citrons citron NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 presented present VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 much much ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 surprised surprise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 for for SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | collation | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sit down** | past | collation *not said here* | | | | | by collation's sisters | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by sister=Location | | 3 | **shew** | gerund | collation *not said here* | sisters *= sister* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | gerund | collation *not said here* | part of the oranges and citrons | civilities *= civility* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient part=Theme | | 5 | **present** | past · perfect · passive | | the oranges and citrons | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **surprise** | past | collation *not said here* | part of the oranges and citrons | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus which=Experiencer they=Result | | 7 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | civilities *= civility* | collation | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/82/) - ↑ back to [Followed the King, Who Went Up First"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/)