--- title: You know, that when I was but a fool, I could, notwithstanding, neve… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: You know, that when I was but a fool, I could, notwithstanding, never come to a resolution to marry you; why will you have me, now I have so much judgment as you gave me, and which makes me a more difficult person than I was at that time, to come to such a resolution, which I could not then determin --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/13/28/) [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/) / [Had Reserved For Himself"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/13/) / 28 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Had Reserved For Himself"\], sentence 28 You know, that when I was but a fool, I could, notwithstanding, never come to a resolution to marry you; why will you have me, now I have so much judgment as you gave me, and which makes me a more difficult person than I was at that time, to come to such a resolution, which I could not then determine to agree to? **Who acts:** You, I · **What happens:** know, notwithstand, not come, marry, have, give · **To what, where:** resolution, you, me, much judgment This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Had Reserved For Himself"\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, I), 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:pg29021:13:28 # text = You know, that when I was but a fool, I could, notwithstanding, never come to a resolution to marry you; why will you have me, now I have so much judgment as you gave me, and which makes me a more difficult person than I was at that time, to come to such a resolution, which I could not then determine to agree to? 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 ccomp _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl:relcl _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 notwithstanding notwithstand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 resolution resolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 judgment judgment NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 49 advmod _ _ 49 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 xcomp _ _ 51 than than ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 53 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 54 at at ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 56 det _ _ 56 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 63 det:predet _ _ 62 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 resolution resolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 65 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 70 obj _ _ 66 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 67 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 68 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 70 advmod _ _ 69 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 70 advmod _ _ 70 determine determine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 acl:relcl _ _ 71 to to PART TO _ 72 mark _ _ 72 agree agree VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 70 xcomp _ _ 73 to to ADP IN _ 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | You | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **notwithstand** | could | You *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **come** | infinitive | | | | a resolution | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to resolution=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **marry** | to-infinitive | | you | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 5 | **have** | future | you | me | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 6 | **have** | present | I | much judgment | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent judgment=Patient | | 7 | **give** | past | you | | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 8 | **make** | present | | me | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset i=Product | | 9 | **is** | past | I | | | | than that time | | tree rules | | 10 | **come** | to-infinitive | | | | such resolution | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to resolution=Initial\_Location | | 11 | **not** **determine** | could | I | such resolution | | | then | | tree rules | | 12 | **agree** *speech: agree* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/13/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/13/29/) - ↑ back to [Had Reserved For Himself"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/13/)