--- title: "Madam," he said at last, in a very feeble voice, "I am not so base… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: "Madam," he said at last, in a very feeble voice, "I am not so base that I desire the crown of my father, rather may Heaven grant him life for many years, and that I may always be the most faithful and the most respectful of his subjects! Who acts: sorrow, Heaven. 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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 (sorrow, Heaven), 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:pg29021:15:136 # text = "Madam," he said at last, in a very feeble voice, "I am not so base that I desire the crown of my father, rather may Heaven grant him life for many years, and that I may always be the most faithful and the most respectful of his subjects! 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 very very ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 feeble feeble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 18 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 desire desire VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 rather rather ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 32 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 Heaven Heaven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 grant grant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 44 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 45 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 49 advmod _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 cop _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 49 advmod _ _ 49 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 53 advmod _ _ 53 respectful respectful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 conj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: express* | past | sorrow | | | last | | in a feeble voice and base | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | sorrow | base | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **desire** *in a quote* | present | sorrow | the crown of my father | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot crown=Theme | | 4 | **grant** *in a quote* | may | Heaven | life | sorrow | | year | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal life=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | may | sorrow | | | | | always, faithful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** *in a quote* | | sorrow *not said here* | | | | | of sorrow's subjects | tree rules | | 7 | **crown** *in a quote* | | | my father | | | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/135/) - next →: [sentence 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/137/) - ↑ back to [Towards Her"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/)