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title: "It will come about," said Riquet with the Tuft; "if you love me eno… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics
description: "It will come about," said Riquet with the Tuft; "if you love me enough to wish it to be so; and that you may no ways doubt, Madam, of what I say, know that the same Fairy, who, on my birth-day, gave me for gift the power of making the person who should please me extremely witty and judicious, has, 
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# The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Upon Earth"\], sentence 4

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"It will come about," said Riquet with the Tuft; "if you love me enough to wish it to be so; and that you may no ways doubt, Madam, of what I say, know that the same Fairy, who, on my birth-day, gave me for gift the power of making the person who should please me extremely witty and judicious, has, in like manner, given you for gift the power of making him, whom you love, and would grant that favour to, extremely handsome."

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**Who acts:** Tuft, Riquet, you, same Fairy, power, person · **What happens:** come about, say, love, wish, be, know · **To what, where:** Riquet, Tuft, person, manner, you, power · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Tuft, Riquet, you, same Fairy), 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:pg29021:14:4
# text = "It will come about," said Riquet with the Tuft; "if you love me enough to wish it to be so; and that you may no ways doubt, Madam, of what I say, know that the same Fairy, who, on my birth-day, gave me for gift the power of making the person who should please me extremely witty and judicious, has, in like manner, given you for gift the power of making him, whom you love, and would grant that favour to, extremely handsome."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	Riquet	Riquet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Tuft	tuft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
18	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	wish	wish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	ccomp	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
24	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	cop	_	_
25	so	so	ADV	RB	_	21	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
28	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
29	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
31	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	32	det	_	_
32	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	conj	_	_
33	doubt	doubt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	Madam	Madam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	35	conj	_	_
39	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
40	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
42	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	40	ccomp	_	_
43	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
48	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	56	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
50	on	on	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
51	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nmod:poss	_	_
52	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
56	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	acl:relcl	_	_
57	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	56	iobj	_	_
58	for	for	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	nsubj	_	_
62	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	63	mark	_	_
63	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	61	acl	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obj	_	_
66	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	68	nsubj	_	_
67	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	68	aux	_	_
68	please	please	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	65	acl:relcl	_	_
69	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	68	obj	_	_
70	extremely	extremely	ADV	RB	_	71	advmod	_	_
71	witty	witty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	68	xcomp	_	_
72	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
73	judicious	judicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	71	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
75	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	59	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	79	punct	_	_
77	in	in	ADP	IN	_	79	case	_	_
78	like	like	ADP	IN	_	79	case	_	_
79	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	81	punct	_	_
81	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	79	acl	_	_
82	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	81	iobj	_	_
83	for	for	ADP	IN	_	84	case	_	_
84	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	81	obl	_	_
85	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	86	det	_	_
86	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	84	conj	_	_
87	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	88	mark	_	_
88	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	86	acl	_	_
89	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	88	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
90	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	93	punct	_	_
91	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	93	obj	_	_
92	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	93	nsubj	_	_
93	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	86	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
94	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	97	punct	_	_
95	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	97	cc	_	_
96	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	97	aux	_	_
97	grant	grant	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	93	conj	_	_
98	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	99	det	_	_
99	favour	favour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	97	obj	_	_
100	to	to	ADP	IN	_	103	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
101	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	103	punct	_	_
102	extremely	extremely	ADV	RB	_	103	advmod	_	_
103	handsome	handsome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	97	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
104	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	86	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
105	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	86	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come about** *in a quote* | future | Tuft |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Riquet with the Tuft |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **love** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | Riquet with the Tuft *= riquet* |  |  |  | enough *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **wish** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | Tuft |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
| 5 | **is** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | so *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Riquet with the Tuft *= riquet* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **know** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 8 | **give** *in a quote* | past | the same Fairy |  | Riquet with the Tuft *= riquet* |  |  | for gift | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent i=Theme for gift=Asset |
| 9 | **make** *in a quote* | gerund | the power *not said here* | the person |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset person=Product |
| 10 | **please** *in a quote* | should | the person | Riquet with the Tuft *= riquet* |  |  |  | witty *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer |
| 11 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the power | manner |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Patient |
| 12 | **give** *in a quote* | participle |  | manner *not said here* | you |  |  | for gift and the power | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent you=Theme for gift=Asset |
| 13 | **make** *in a quote* | gerund | the power *not said here* | Riquet |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product |
| 14 | **love** *in a quote* | present | you | the power |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus |
| 15 | **grant** *in a quote* | would | you *not said here* | that favour |  |  |  | to handsome *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent favour=Theme to handsome=Goal |

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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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