--- title: The poor children fell upon their knees, and begged his pardon; but… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: The poor children fell upon their knees, and begged his pardon; but they had to do with one of the most cruel Ogres in the world, who, far from having any pity on them, had already devoured them with his eyes; he told his wife they would be delicate eating, when tossed up with good savoury sauce. 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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 (poor children, children, cruel Ogres, Ogre), 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:pg29021:14:102 # text = The poor children fell upon their knees, and begged his pardon; but they had to do with one of the most cruel Ogres in the world, who, far from having any pity on them, had already devoured them with his eyes; he told his wife they would be delicate eating, when tossed up with good savoury sauce. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 pardon pardon NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 24 advmod _ _ 24 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 Ogres ogre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 33 from from SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ _ 35 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 36 det _ _ 36 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 already already ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 devoured devour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 iobj _ _ 52 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 53 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 cop _ _ 55 delicate delicate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 ccomp _ _ 56 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 55 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 59 advmod _ _ 59 tossed toss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 55 conj _ _ 60 up up ADP RP _ 59 compound:prt _ _ 61 with with ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 62 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 63 savoury savoury ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 sauce sauce NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | the poor children | | | children's knees | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon knee=Location | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the poor children *not said here* | Ogre's pardon | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent pardon=Recipient | | 3 | **have** | past | children *= child* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | with one of the cruel Ogres in the world | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** | gerund | the cruel Ogres in the world | any pity | | | | on children *= child*; far *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pity=Patient | | 6 | **devour** | past · perfect | children *= child* *not said here* | children *= child* | | | | with Ogre's eyes | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Ogre | | Ogre's wife | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient | | 8 | **is** | would | children *= child* | | | | | delicate *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **eat** | gerund | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **toss up** | participle | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | with good savoury sauce | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with sauce=Material | | 11 | **pardon** | | Ogre | | | | | | nom pardon «act 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/103/) - ↑ back to [Upon Earth"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/)