--- title: "I shall freely own to you," answered the Princess, "that I have not… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: "I shall freely own to you," answered the Princess, "that I have not yet taken any resolution on this affair, and believe I never shall take such a one as you desire." Who acts: Princess, Tuft, 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 (Princess, Tuft, 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:pg29021:13:23 # text = "I shall freely own to you," answered the Princess, "that I have not yet taken any resolution on this affair, and believe I never shall take such a one as you desire." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 freely freely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 own own VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 10 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 17 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 19 yet yet ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 21 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 22 det _ _ 22 resolution resolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 affair affair NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 33 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 35 det:predet _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 obj _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 desire desire VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **own** *in a quote* | shall | the Princess *= princess* | | you | | | freely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the Princess | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **take** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Tuft | that | | this affair | yet | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument that=Theme resolution=Destination | | 4 | **believe** *in a quote* | present | Tuft *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **take** *in a quote* | shall | Tuft | such one | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 6 | **desire** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/13/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/13/24/) - ↑ back to [Had Reserved For Himself"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/13/)