--- title: "Beauty," replied Riquet with the Tuft, "is such a great advantage,… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: "Beauty," replied Riquet with the Tuft, "is such a great advantage, that it ought to take the place of all things; and since you possess this treasure, I see nothing that can possibly very much afflict you." Who acts: Beauty, it, you. 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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 (Beauty, it, you), 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:pg29021:12:56 # text = "Beauty," replied Riquet with the Tuft, "is such a great advantage, that it ought to take the place of all things; and since you possess this treasure, I see nothing that can possibly very much afflict you." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Riquet Riquet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Tuft tuft NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 13 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 16 det:predet _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 27 det _ _ 27 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 30 since since SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 possess possess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 38 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 37 obj _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obj _ _ 40 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 41 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 very very ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 much much ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 afflict afflict VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Beauty | | | | | with the Tuft | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | such great advantage | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take** *in a quote* | ought | it | the place of all things | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 4 | **possess** *in a quote* | present | you | this treasure | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot treasure=Theme | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | present | Beauty | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 6 | **afflict** *in a quote* | can | | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus that=Experiencer you=Result | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/12/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/12/57/) - ↑ back to [Prince Took Up Most Carefully"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/12/)