--- title: "Some men," he said, "have only to make known their desires, and str… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: "Some men," he said, "have only to make known their desires, and straightway these are granted, and their every wish fulfilled; but it has availed me little to wish for ought, for the gods are deaf to the prayers of such as I." Who acts: men, wish, gods, I.. 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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 (men, wish, gods, I.), 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:pg29021:14:176 # text = "Some men," he said, "have only to make known their desires, and straightway these are granted, and their every wish fulfilled; but it has availed me little to wish for ought, for the gods are deaf to the prayers of such as I." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 only only ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 14 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 desires desire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 straightway straightway ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 19 appos _ _ 21 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 granted grant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 27 det _ _ 27 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 fulfilled fulfil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 availed avail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 ought ought NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 for for SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 44 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 deaf deaf ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 parataxis _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 52 case _ _ 51 as as ADP IN _ 50 fixed _ _ 52 I. I. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | some men | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | men's known desires | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset desire=Product | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **grant** *in a quote* | present · passive | | straightway | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **fulfil** *in a quote* | participle | men's wish | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **avail** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | desire | | | | little *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **wish** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | for ought | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for ought=Theme | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the gods | | | | | to the prayers of I.; deaf *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **desire** *in a quote* | | men *= man* | | | | | | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **wish** *in a quote* | | men *= man* | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **pray** *in a quote* | | I. | | | | | | nom prayer «act intransitive»: of=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 175](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/175/) - next →: [sentence 177](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/177/) - ↑ back to [Upon Earth"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/)