--- title: "It is, Madam," replied one of her officers who had by chance seen t… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: "It is, Madam," replied one of her officers who had by chance seen this girl, "It is the most ugly creature imaginable after the wolf, a slut who lodges at your farm, and minds your geese." Who acts: cake, Madam, officers, chance. 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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 (cake, Madam, officers, chance), 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:pg29021:15:144 # text = "It is, Madam," replied one of her officers who had by chance seen this girl, "It is the most ugly creature imaginable after the wolf, a slut who lodges at your farm, and minds your geese." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Madam Madam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 26 advmod _ _ 26 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 28 imaginable imaginable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 29 after after ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 slut slut NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 lodges lodge VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 minds mind VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 43 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 geese goose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | cake | Madam | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Madam | one of Madam's officers | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | past | Madam's officers | | | | | by chance | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **see** | participle | chance *not said here* | this girl | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | cake | the ugly creature | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **lodge** *in a quote* | present | a slut | | | your farm | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at farm=Location | | 7 | **mind** *in a quote* | present | | your geese | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goose=Theme | 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 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/143/) - next →: [sentence 145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/145/) - ↑ back to [Towards Her"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/)