--- title: "There is nothing, Madam," returned he, "shews more that we have wit… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: "There is nothing, Madam," returned he, "shews more that we have wit, than to believe we have none; and it is the nature of that excellent quality, that the more people have of it, the more they believe they want it." Who acts: nothing, we, most, more people. 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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 (nothing, we, most, more people), 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:pg29021:12:58 # text = "There is nothing, Madam," returned he, "shews more that we have wit, than to believe we have none; and it is the nature of that excellent quality, that the more people have of it, the more they believe they want it." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Madam Madam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 shews shew VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 obj _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 18 wit wit NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 than than SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 23 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 25 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 34 excellent excellent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 quality quality NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 amod _ _ 40 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 48 advmod _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 49 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 ccomp _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** *in a quote* | present | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **return** | past | nothing *not said here* | Riquet | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **shew** *in a quote* | present | | more | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | we | wit | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wit=Patient | | 5 | **believe** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | we | none | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Patient | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | most | the nature | | | | of that excellent quality | tree rules | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the more people | | | | | of most | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **believe** *in a quote* | present | people | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **want** *in a quote* | present | people | most | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/12/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/12/59/) - ↑ back to [Prince Took Up Most Carefully"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/12/)