--- title: "I have the power, Madam," replied Riquet with the Tuft, "to give to… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: "I have the power, Madam," replied Riquet with the Tuft, "to give to that person whom I shall love best, as much wit as can be had; and as you, Madam, are that very person, it will be your fault only, if you have not as great a share of it as any one living, provided you will be pleased to marry me. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/12/62/) [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/) / [Prince Took Up Most Carefully"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/12/) / 62 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Prince Took Up Most Carefully"\], sentence 62 "I have the power, Madam," replied Riquet with the Tuft, "to give to that person whom I shall love best, as much wit as can be had; and as you, Madam, are that very person, it will be your fault only, if you have not as great a share of it as any one living, provided you will be pleased to marry me." **Who acts:** Riquet, you · **What happens:** have, reply, give, love, be, not be · **To what, where:** power, much wit, person, fault, Riquet, share · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Riquet, 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:pg29021:12:62 # text = "I have the power, Madam," replied Riquet with the Tuft, "to give to that person whom I shall love best, as much wit as can be had; and as you, Madam, are that very person, it will be your fault only, if you have not as great a share of it as any one living, provided you will be pleased to marry me." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 Madam Madam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 10 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 Riquet Riquet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Tuft tuft NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 love love VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 wit wit NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 Madam Madam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 44 very very ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 50 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 parataxis _ _ 52 only only ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 54 if if SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 55 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 56 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 57 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 59 advmod _ _ 58 as as ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 conj _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 share share NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nmod _ _ 64 as as ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 65 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 67 det _ _ 66 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 67 nummod _ _ 67 living living NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 69 provided provide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ _ 70 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 71 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 72 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 73 cop _ _ 73 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 ccomp _ _ 74 to to PART TO _ 75 mark _ _ 75 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 73 xcomp _ _ 76 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 75 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 " " PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Riquet | the power | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Riquet | | | | | with the Tuft | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Riquet *not said here* | much wit | that person | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent wit=Theme to person=Recipient | | 4 | **love** *in a quote* | shall | Riquet | that person | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | can · passive | | much wit *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP» | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | your fault | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **be** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **provide** *in a quote* | past | you *not said here* | | | | | as any one living | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **marry** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | Riquet | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 11 | **share** *in a quote* | | | share | | | | | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/12/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/12/63/) - ↑ back to [Prince Took Up Most Carefully"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/12/)