--- title: "I can do nothing for her, Madam, as to wit," answered the Fairy, "b… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: "I can do nothing for her, Madam, as to wit," answered the Fairy, "but everything as to beauty; and as there is nothing but what I would do for your satisfaction, I give her for gift, that she shall have the power to make handsome the person who shall best please her." 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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 (Fairy, nothing, Queen, your), 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:pg29021:12:44 # text = "I can do nothing for her, Madam, as to wit," answered the Fairy, "but everything as to beauty; and as there is nothing but what I would do for your satisfaction, I give her for gift, that she shall have the power to make handsome the person who shall best please her." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 5 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Madam Madam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 13 wit wit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 16 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 13 conj _ _ 23 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 25 case _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 23 fixed _ _ 25 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 30 expl _ _ 30 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 31 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 30 nsubj _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 36 obj _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl:relcl _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 satisfaction satisfaction NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 iobj _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 advcl _ _ 55 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 58 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 60 nsubj _ _ 59 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 57 appos _ _ 61 please please INTJ UH _ 62 discourse _ _ 62 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | can | the Fairy *= fairy* | nothing | | | | for queen; Madam *obl* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | | 2 | **wit** *in a quote* | imperative | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the Fairy | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | present | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | would | the Queen *= queen* | | | | | for your satisfaction | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 6 | **give** *in a quote* | present | the Queen *= queen* | | queen | | | for gift | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Theme for gift=Asset | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | shall | queen | the power | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | | 8 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | queen *not said here* | the handsome person | | | | queen *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset person=Product | | 9 | **satisfy** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom satisfaction «feeling 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/12/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/12/45/) - ↑ back to [Prince Took Up Most Carefully"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/12/)