--- title: The whole Court was overjoyed at it beyond imagination; it pleased a… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: The whole Court was overjoyed at it beyond imagination; it pleased all but her younger sister; because having no longer the advantage of her in respect of wit, she appeared, in comparison of her, a very disagreeable, homely puss. Who acts: Princess. 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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), 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:pg29021:13:5 # text = The whole Court was overjoyed at it beyond imagination; it pleased all but her younger sister; because having no longer the advantage of her in respect of wit, she appeared, in comparison of her, a very disagreeable, homely puss. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 overjoyed overjoy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 imagination imagination NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 conj _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 amod _ _ 17 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 19 because because SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 20 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 21 no no ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 20 advmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nmod _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 wit wit NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 comparison comparison NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 41 very very ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 disagreeable disagreeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 homely homely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 puss puss NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overjoy** | past · passive | | the whole Court | | discourse | | beyond imagination | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | gerund | Princess *not said here* | the advantage of Princess | | respect of wit | | long *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Patient | | 3 | **appear** | past | Princess | | | comparison of end and a disagreeable homely puss | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in comparison=Location | | 4 | **respect** | | | wit | | | | | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **compare** | | | end | | | | | nom comparison «act transitive»: of=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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/13/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/13/6/) - ↑ back to [Had Reserved For Himself"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/13/)