--- title: The King's son was always by her, and never ceased his compliments a… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: The King's son was always by her, and never ceased his compliments and amorous speeches to her; to whom all this was so far from being tiresome, that she quite forgot what her godmother had recommended to her, so that she, at last, counted the clock striking twelve, when she took it to be no more th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/94/) [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/) / 94 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Followed the King, Who Went Up First"\], sentence 94 The King's son was always by her, and never ceased his compliments and amorous speeches to her; to whom all this was so far from being tiresome, that she quite forgot what her godmother had recommended to her, so that she, at last, counted the clock striking twelve, when she took it to be no more than eleven; she then rose up, and fled as nimble as a deer. **Who acts:** son, Charlotte, this, clock · **What happens:** be, not cease, forget, recommend, count, strike · **To what, where:** compliments, collation, godmother, Charlotte, clock, twelve 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 (son, Charlotte, this, clock), 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:pg29021:11:94 # text = The King's son was always by her, and never ceased his compliments and amorous speeches to her; to whom all this was so far from being tiresome, that she quite forgot what her godmother had recommended to her, so that she, at last, counted the clock striking twelve, when she took it to be no more than eleven; she then rose up, and fled as nimble as a deer. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:outer _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 ceased cease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 compliments compliment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 amorous amorous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 speeches speech NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 advcl _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 24 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 cop _ _ 30 tiresome tiresome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 quite quite ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 40 obj _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 godmother godmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 recommended recommend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 parataxis _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 49 mark _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 fixed _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 at at ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 counted count VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 striking strike VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 53 acl _ _ 55 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 59 advmod _ _ 58 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 60 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 66 mark _ _ 62 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 66 cop _ _ 63 no no ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 64 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 66 advmod _ _ 65 than than ADP IN _ 64 fixed _ _ 66 eleven eleven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 59 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ; ; PUNCT : _ 70 punct _ _ 68 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 69 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 70 advmod _ _ 70 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 71 up up ADP RP _ 70 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 74 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 conj _ _ 75 as as ADV RB _ 76 advmod _ _ 76 nimble nimble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 xcomp _ _ 77 as as ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the King's son | | | | | by Charlotte; always *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **cease** | past | Charlotte | son's compliments and amorous speeches | collation | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector compliment=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** | past | this | | | | | far, tiresome *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **forget** | past | Charlotte | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **recommend** | past · perfect · passive | | Charlotte's godmother | Charlotte | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **count** | past | | the clock | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clock=Theme | | 7 | **strike** | gerund | the clock *not said here* | twelve | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twelve=Patient | | 8 | **take** | past | Charlotte | clock | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 9 | **not** **is a** | to-infinitive | Charlotte *not said here* | eleven | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **rise up** | past | Charlotte | | | | then | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **flee** | past | Charlotte *not said here* | | | | | nimble *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **compliment** | | son | | | | | | nom compliment «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/95/) - ↑ back to [Followed the King, Who Went Up First"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/)