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title: They told her, Yes, but that she hurried away immediately when it st… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics
description: They told her, Yes, but that she hurried away immediately when it struck twelve, and with so much haste, that she dropped one of her little glass slippers, the prettiest in the world, and which the King's son had taken up; that he had done nothing but look at it during all the latter part of the bal
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# The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Prince Took Up Most Carefully"\], sentence 2

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They told her, Yes, but that she hurried away immediately when it struck twelve, and with so much haste, that she dropped one of her little glass slippers, the prettiest in the world, and which the King's son had taken up; that he had done nothing but look at it during all the latter part of the ball, and that most certainly he was very much in love with the beautiful person who owned the little slipper.

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**Who acts:** sisters, Cinderilla, ball, son, beautiful person · **What happens:** tell, hurry away, strike, drop, take up, do · **To what, where:** Cinderilla, twelve, one, nothing, love, little slipper · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Prince Took Up Most Carefully"\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sisters, Cinderilla, ball, son), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg29021:12:2
# text = They told her, Yes, but that she hurried away immediately when it struck twelve, and with so much haste, that she dropped one of her little glass slippers, the prettiest in the world, and which the King's son had taken up; that he had done nothing but look at it during all the latter part of the ball, and that most certainly he was very much in love with the beautiful person who owned the little slipper.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	hurried	hurry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
11	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
13	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	so	so	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	haste	haste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
25	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	parataxis	_	_
27	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	26	obj	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
29	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
30	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
31	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	slippers	slipper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	prettiest	pretty	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	32	appos	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
41	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	47	obj	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	's	's	PART	POS	_	43	case	_	_
45	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nsubj	_	_
46	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
47	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	26	conj	_	_
48	up	up	ADP	RP	_	47	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	53	punct	_	_
50	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
51	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
52	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
53	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	_
54	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	53	obj	_	_
55	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
56	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	conj	_	_
57	at	at	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	obl	_	_
59	during	during	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
60	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	63	det:predet	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
62	latter	latter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
63	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	_
64	of	of	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	77	punct	_	_
68	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	77	cc	_	_
69	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	71	mark	_	_
70	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	71	nsubj	_	_
71	certainly	certainly	ADV	RB	_	77	advcl	_	_
72	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	77	nsubj	_	_
73	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	77	cop	_	_
74	very	very	ADV	RB	_	75	advmod	_	_
75	much	much	ADV	RB	_	77	advmod	_	_
76	in	in	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
77	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
78	with	with	ADP	IN	_	81	case	_	_
79	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	81	det	_	_
80	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	81	amod	_	_
81	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	nmod	_	_
82	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	83	nsubj	_	_
83	owned	own	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	81	acl:relcl	_	_
84	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	86	det	_	_
85	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	86	amod	_	_
86	slipper	slipper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	83	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | sisters *= sister* |  | Cinderilla |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 2 | **hurry away** | past | Cinderilla |  |  |  |  | away, immediately *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **strike** | past | ball | twelve |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twelve=Patient |
| 4 | **drop** | past | Cinderilla | one of Cinderilla's little glass slippers |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 5 | **take up** | past · perfect | the King's son |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 6 | **do** | past · perfect | son | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |
| 7 | **look** | infinitive | son *not said here* |  |  |  | during all latter part of the ball | at ball | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme |
| 8 | **is** | past | son |  |  | love |  | with the beautiful person | tree rules |
| 9 | **own** | past | the beautiful person | the little slipper |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot slipper=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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