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title: The King being acquainted that his daughter had abundance of esteem… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics
description: The King being acquainted that his daughter had abundance of esteem for Riquet with the Tuft, whom he knew otherwise for a most sage and judicious Prince, received him for his son-in-law with pleasure; and the next morning their nuptials were celebrated, as Riquet with the Tuft had foreseen, and acc
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# The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Upon Earth"\], sentence 11

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The King being acquainted that his daughter had abundance of esteem for Riquet with the Tuft, whom he knew otherwise for a most sage and judicious Prince, received him for his son-in-law with pleasure; and the next morning their nuptials were celebrated, as Riquet with the Tuft had foreseen, and according to the orders he had a long time before given.

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**Who acts:** daughter, King, Tuft, son · **What happens:** acquaint, have, know, receive, celebrate, accord · **To what, where:** King, abundance, Tuft, next morning, Riquet

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This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Upon Earth"\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (daughter, King, Tuft, son), 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:pg29021:14:11
# text = The King being acquainted that his daughter had abundance of esteem for Riquet with the Tuft, whom he knew otherwise for a most sage and judicious Prince, received him for his son-in-law with pleasure; and the next morning their nuptials were celebrated, as Riquet with the Tuft had foreseen, and according to the orders he had a long time before given.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	acquainted	acquaint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	abundance	abundance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	esteem	esteem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Riquet	riquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
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	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	20	obj	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
21	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	25	amod	_	_
25	sage	sage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	judicious	judicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	received	receive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
31	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	_
32	for	for	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
33	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
34	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
39	with	with	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	49	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
44	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nsubj:pass	_	_
46	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	nuptials	nuptial	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nsubj:pass	_	_
48	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux:pass	_	_
49	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
51	as	as	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	Riquet	riquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	_
53	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	56	mark	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	Tuft	tuft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nsubj	_	_
56	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	acl	_	_
57	foreseen	foreseen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
59	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	65	cc	_	_
60	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	63	case	_	_
61	to	to	ADP	IN	_	60	fixed	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	65	obl	_	_
64	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	65	nsubj	_	_
65	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	advcl	_	_
66	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
67	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	68	amod	_	_
68	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	obj	_	_
69	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	70	mark	_	_
70	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	65	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquaint** *speech: other* | gerund · passive |  | the King |  |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **have** | past | King's daughter | abundance of esteem for Riquet with the Tuft |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent abundance=Patient |
| 3 | **know** | past | King | the Tuft |  |  |  | for a most sage and judicious Prince; otherwise *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus |
| 4 | **receive** | past |  | King |  |  |  | for King's law with pleasure | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 5 | **celebrate** | past · passive |  | the next morning |  |  |  | as Riquet | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as riquet=Attribute |
| 6 | **have** | past | the Tuft | Riquet *not said here* |  |  |  | foreseen *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent riquet=Patient |
| 7 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **have** | past | son |  |  |  | time | accord the orders | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **give** | participle | son *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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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