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title: She had no sooner promised Riquet with the Tuft that she would marry… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics
description: She had no sooner promised Riquet with the Tuft that she would marry him on that day twelvemonth, than she found herself quite otherwise than she was before; she had an incredible facility of speaking whatever she pleased, after a polite, easy, and natural manner; she began that moment a very gallan
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# The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Had Reserved For Himself"\], sentence 3

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She had no sooner promised Riquet with the Tuft that she would marry him on that day twelvemonth, than she found herself quite otherwise than she was before; she had an incredible facility of speaking whatever she pleased, after a polite, easy, and natural manner; she began that moment a very gallant conversation with Riquet with the Tuft, wherein she tattled at such a rate, that Riquet with the Tuft believed he had given her more wit than he had reserved for himself.

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**Who acts:** Princess, incredible facility, Riquet · **What happens:** have, promise, marry, find, be, speak · **To what, where:** Riquet, day twelvemonth, Princess, incredible facility, whatever, gallant conversation · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Princess, incredible facility, Riquet), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg29021:13:3
# text = She had no sooner promised Riquet with the Tuft that she would marry him on that day twelvemonth, than she found herself quite otherwise than she was before; she had an incredible facility of speaking whatever she pleased, after a polite, easy, and natural manner; she began that moment a very gallant conversation with Riquet with the Tuft, wherein she tattled at such a rate, that Riquet with the Tuft believed he had given her more wit than he had reserved for himself.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	sooner	soon	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	Riquet	Riquet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Tuft	tuft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
17	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	twelvemonth	twelvemonth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
21	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
23	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	22	obj	_	_
24	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
26	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
27	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
28	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
29	before	before	ADV	RB	_	25	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
32	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
33	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	incredible	incredible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	facility	facility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
36	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
37	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	35	acl	_	_
38	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	37	obj	_	_
39	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
40	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
42	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
44	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
46	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
49	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
52	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
53	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
54	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	55	det	_	_
55	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	_	_
56	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
57	very	very	ADV	RB	_	58	advmod	_	_
58	gallant	gallant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	conversation	conversation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	_	_
60	with	with	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	Riquet	riquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nmod	_	_
62	with	with	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	Tuft	tuft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
66	wherein	wherein	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	68	advmod	_	_
67	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	68	nsubj	_	_
68	tattled	tattle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	parataxis	_	_
69	at	at	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
70	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	72	det:predet	_	_
71	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
72	rate	rate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	79	punct	_	_
74	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	79	mark	_	_
75	Riquet	riquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	nsubj	_	_
76	with	with	ADP	IN	_	78	case	_	_
77	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	78	det	_	_
78	Tuft	Tuft	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	75	nmod	_	_
79	believed	believe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	68	conj	_	_
80	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	82	nsubj:pass	_	_
81	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	82	aux	_	_
82	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	79	ccomp	_	_
83	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	82	obj	_	_
84	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	85	advmod	_	_
85	wit	wit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	82	obl	_	_
86	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	89	mark	_	_
87	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	89	nsubj	_	_
88	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	89	aux	_	_
89	reserved	reserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	82	advcl	_	_
90	for	for	ADP	IN	_	91	case	_	_
91	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	89	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
92	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Princess |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | Princess *not said here* |  | Riquet |  |  | with the Tuft; soon *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent riquet=Theme |
| 3 | **marry** | would | Princess | Riquet |  | that day twelvemonth |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 4 | **find** | past | Princess | Princess |  |  |  | otherwise *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Topic |
| 5 | **is** | past | Princess |  |  |  |  | before *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **have** | past | Princess | a incredible facility |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent facility=Patient |
| 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | a incredible facility *not said here* | whatever |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **begin** | past | Princess | a gallant conversation |  |  | moment | with Riquet; with the Tuft | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.subeventuality»: agent=Agent conversation=Eventuality with riquet=Subeventuality |
| 9 | **tattle** | past | Princess |  |  | such rate |  | wherein *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **believe** | past | Riquet with the Tuft |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 11 | **give** | past · perfect · passive |  | Riquet |  |  |  | wit *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient she=Theme |
| 12 | **reserve** | past · perfect | Riquet |  |  |  |  | for Riquet | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for himself=Beneficiary |

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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.

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**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.

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