--- title: "You see, Madam," said he, "I am very exact in keeping my word, and… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: "You see, Madam," said he, "I am very exact in keeping my word, and doubt not, in the least, but you are come hither to perform yours, and to make me, by giving me your hand, the happiest of men." Who acts: You, Tuft, my. 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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 (You, Tuft, my), 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:pg29021:13:22 # text = "You see, Madam," said he, "I am very exact in keeping my word, and doubt not, in the least, but you are come hither to perform yours, and to make me, by giving me your hand, the happiest of men." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Madam Madam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 very very ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 exact exact ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 16 in in SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 33 hither hither ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 36 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 by by SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 44 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 45 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 iobj _ _ 46 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 happiest happy ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 44 iobj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | present | You | Madam | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer madam=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Tuft | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Tuft | | | the least | | doubt *obl*; exact *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **keep** *in a quote* | gerund | Tuft *not said here* | my word | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | hither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **perform** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | yours | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent your=Theme | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | Tuft | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset i=Product | | 8 | **give** *in a quote* | gerund | | your hand | the happiest | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **word** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom word «communication 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/13/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/13/23/) - ↑ back to [Had Reserved For Himself"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/13/)