--- title: When she returned to the palace, the whole Court knew not what to th… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: When she returned to the palace, the whole Court knew not what to think of such a sudden and extraordinary change; for they heard from her now as much sensible discourse, and as many infinitely witty turns, as they had stupid and silly impertinences before. Who acts: Princess, whole Court, they, tur --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/13/4/) [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/) / 4 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Had Reserved For Himself"\], sentence 4 When she returned to the palace, the whole Court knew not what to think of such a sudden and extraordinary change; for they heard from her now as much sensible discourse, and as many infinitely witty turns, as they had stupid and silly impertinences before. **Who acts:** Princess, whole Court, they, turns · **What happens:** return, not know, think, hear, have · **To what, where:** much sensible discourse, stupid impertinences 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, whole Court, they, turns), 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:pg29021:13:4 # text = When she returned to the palace, the whole Court knew not what to think of such a sudden and extraordinary change; for they heard from her now as much sensible discourse, and as many infinitely witty turns, as they had stupid and silly impertinences before. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Court Court PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 17 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 22 det:predet _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 19 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 extraordinary extraordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ _ 22 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 30 as as ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 32 sensible sensible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 discourse discourse NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 as as ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 38 infinitely infinitely ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 witty witty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 turns turn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 45 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 conj _ _ 48 impertinences impertinence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 49 before before ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | Princess | | | | | to the palace *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result | | 2 | **not** **know** | past | the whole Court | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the whole Court *not said here* | | | | | of such sudden change | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hear** | past | they | much sensible discourse | | | | from Princess | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from she=Source | | 5 | **have** | past | turns *= turn* | stupid impertinences | | | | before *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent impertinence=Patient | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/13/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/13/5/) - ↑ back to [Had Reserved For Himself"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/13/)