--- title: As to the Princesses that you speak of, I have never yet thought of… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: As to the Princesses that you speak of, I have never yet thought of marriage, and you well know that, subject as I am to your wishes, I shall obey you always, even though it be painful to me." Who acts: you, I, marriage. A sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Toward --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/137/) [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/) / [Towards Her"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/) / 137 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Towards Her"\], sentence 137 As to the Princesses that you speak of, I have never yet thought of marriage, and you well know that, subject as I am to your wishes, I shall obey you always, even though it be painful to me." **Who acts:** you, I, marriage · **What happens:** speak, think, know, be, obey · **To what, where:** Princesses, you, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (you, I, marriage), 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:pg29021:15:137 # text = As to the Princesses that you speak of, I have never yet thought of marriage, and you well know that, subject as I am to your wishes, I shall obey you always, even though it be painful to me." 1 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 12 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 yet yet ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 21 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 ccomp _ _ 25 as as ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 27 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 wishes wish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 even even ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 39 though though SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 42 painful painful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | you | the Princesses | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present · perfect | I | | | | yet | as the Princesses; of marriage | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **know** | present | you | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | present | I | | | | | as your wishes | tree rules | | 5 | **obey** | shall | I | you | | | | always *property* | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 6 | **is** | infinitive | marriage | | me | | | painful *property* | tree rules | 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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/138/) - ↑ back to [Towards Her"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/)