--- title: "If a man of no wit and sense," replied Riquet with the Tuft, "would… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: "If a man of no wit and sense," replied Riquet with the Tuft, "would be entitled, as you say, to reproach you for breach of your word, why will you not let me, Madam, do likewise in a matter wherein all the happiness of my life is concerned? Who acts: man, you, happiness, your. 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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 (man, you, happiness, your), 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:pg29021:13:30 # text = "If a man of no wit and sense," replied Riquet with the Tuft, "would be entitled, as you say, to reproach you for breach of your word, why will you not let me, Madam, do likewise in a matter wherein all the happiness of my life is concerned? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 wit wit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 12 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 13 Riquet Riquet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Tuft tuft NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 entitled entitle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 reproach reproach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 breach breach NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 Madam Madam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 46 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 58 advmod _ _ 51 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 53 det:predet _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 57 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 58 concerned concerned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ? ? PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a man of no wit and sense | | | | | with the Tuft | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with tuft=Eventuality | | 2 | **entitle** *in a quote* | would · passive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **reproach** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | you | | | | for breach of your word | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for breach=Attribute | | 5 | **not** **let** *in a quote* | future | you | a man of no wit and sense *= man* | | | | Madam *vocative* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | a matter | | likewise *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | all happiness of my life | | | | | concerned, wherein *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **breach** *in a quote* | | | your word | | | | | nom breach «act transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **word** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/13/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/13/31/) - ↑ back to [Had Reserved For Himself"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/13/)