--- title: They say, that the Princess, having made due reflection on the perse… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: They say, that the Princess, having made due reflection on the perseverance of her lover, his discretion, and all the good qualities of his mind, his wit and judgment, saw no longer the deformity of his body, nor the ugliness of his face; that his hump seemed to her no more than the homely air of on --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/) / [Upon Earth"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/) / 8 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Upon Earth"\], sentence 8 They say, that the Princess, having made due reflection on the perseverance of her lover, his discretion, and all the good qualities of his mind, his wit and judgment, saw no longer the deformity of his body, nor the ugliness of his face; that his hump seemed to her no more than the homely air of one who has a broad back; and that whereas till then she saw him limp horribly, she found it nothing more than a certain sidling air, which charmed her. **Who acts:** men, good qualities, hump, that, Princess, certain sidling air · **What happens:** say, make, see, seem, have, wherea · **To what, where:** Princess, perseverance, deformity, more, broad back, hump · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (men, good qualities, hump, that), 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:pg29021:14:8 # text = They say, that the Princess, having made due reflection on the perseverance of her lover, his discretion, and all the good qualities of his mind, his wit and judgment, saw no longer the deformity of his body, nor the ugliness of his face; that his hump seemed to her no more than the homely air of one who has a broad back; and that whereas till then she saw him limp horribly, she found it nothing more than a certain sidling air, which charmed her. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 aux _ _ 9 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 10 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 reflection reflection NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 perseverance perseverance NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 discretion discretion NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 qualities quality NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 wit wit NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 judgment judgment NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 36 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 37 no no ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 36 advmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 deformity deformity NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 47 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 ugliness ugliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 52 that that SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 hump hump NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ _ 58 no no ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 55 obj _ _ 60 than than ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 homely homely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 63 nmod _ _ 66 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 67 nsubj _ _ 67 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 acl:relcl _ _ 68 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 69 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ; ; PUNCT : _ 74 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 73 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 74 nsubj _ _ 74 whereas wherea VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 75 till till SCONJ IN _ 78 mark _ _ 76 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 78 advmod _ _ 77 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 78 nsubj _ _ 78 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 ccomp _ _ 79 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 78 obj _ _ 80 limp limp VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 78 xcomp _ _ 81 horribly horribly ADV RB _ 80 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 82 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 83 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 84 nsubj _ _ 84 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 conj _ _ 85 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 84 obj _ _ 86 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 84 obj _ _ 87 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 86 amod _ _ 88 than than ADP IN _ 92 case _ _ 89 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 92 det _ _ 90 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 92 amod _ _ 91 sidling sidle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 92 amod _ _ 92 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 93 , , PUNCT , _ 95 punct _ _ 94 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 95 nsubj _ _ 95 charmed charm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 92 acl:relcl _ _ 96 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 95 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 97 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | men *= man* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **make** | gerund · perfect · passive | | the Princess | | the perseverance of Princess's lover and Fairy's discretion | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary reflection=Product | | 3 | **see** | past | all good qualities of Fairy's mind and Fairy's wit and judgment | the deformity of Fairy's body | | | | long *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer deformity=Stimulus | | 4 | **seem** | past | Fairy's hump | more | Princess | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme more=Attribute | | 5 | **have** | present | | a broad back | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Patient | | 6 | **wherea** | present | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | past | Princess | hump | | | then | | tree rules | | 8 | **limp** | infinitive | hump *not said here* | | | | | horribly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **find** | past | Princess | back | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme nothing=Attribute | | 10 | **sidle** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **charm** | past | a certain sidling air | Princess | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 12 | **mind** | | Fairy | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/9/) - ↑ back to [Upon Earth"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/)