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title: She declared that even if it was a matter of giving him the crown, h… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics
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# The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Towards Her"\], sentence 133

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She declared that even if it was a matter of giving him the crown, his father would yield the throne to him without regret; or if he desired some Princess, even though there should be war with the King her father and their subjects should, with reason, complain, all should be sacrificed to obtain what he wished.

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**Who acts:** Queen, it, matter, father, sorrow · **What happens:** declare, be, give, yield, desire, complain · **To what, where:** matter, crown, sorrow, throne, Princess, all

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This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Towards Her"\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Queen, it, matter, father), 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:pg29021:15:133
# text = She declared that even if it was a matter of giving him the crown, his father would yield the throne to him without regret; or if he desired some Princess, even though there should be war with the King her father and their subjects should, with reason, complain, all should be sacrificed to obtain what he wished.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	declared	declare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
10	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	iobj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
18	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	yield	yield	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	_
24	without	without	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	regret	regret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
27	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
28	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	desired	desire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
31	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	32	det	_	_
32	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
34	even	even	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	_
35	though	though	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
36	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	38	expl	_	_
37	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
38	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	cop	_	_
39	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
40	with	with	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
43	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nsubj	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
46	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	subjects	subject	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	conj	_	_
48	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
50	with	with	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
53	complain	complain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
55	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	58	nsubj:pass	_	_
56	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	_
57	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	aux:pass	_	_
58	sacrificed	sacrifice	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	53	parataxis	_	_
59	to	to	PART	TO	_	60	mark	_	_
60	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	xcomp	_	_
61	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	63	obj	_	_
62	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj	_	_
63	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	60	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | Queen |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | it | a matter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **give** | gerund | a matter *not said here* | the crown | sorrow |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient crown=Theme |
| 4 | **yield** | would | sorrow's father | the throne | sorrow |  |  | without regret | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent throne=Theme to he=Goal |
| 5 | **desire** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | sorrow | some Princess |  |  |  | with reason | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot princess=Theme |
| 6 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | though war; with the King | tree rules |
| 7 | **complain** *speech: other* | infinitive | sorrow *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **sacrifice** | should · passive |  | all |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **obtain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **wish** | past | sorrow |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

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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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