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title: Now, some believe that Donkey-skin had been aware of the Prince in h… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics
description: Now, some believe that Donkey-skin had been aware of the Prince in her heart at the moment when he had put his eye to the keyhole; and then, looking from her little window, she had seen him, so young, so handsome, and so shapely, that the remembrance of him had remained, and that often the thought o
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# The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Towards Her"\], sentence 148

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Now, some believe that Donkey-skin had been aware of the Prince in her heart at the moment when he had put his eye to the keyhole; and then, looking from her little window, she had seen him, so young, so handsome, and so shapely, that the remembrance of him had remained, and that often the thought of him had cost her some sighs.

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**Who acts:** some, Donkey skin, farm, skin, that, thought · **What happens:** believe, be, put, look, see, remain · **To what, where:** heart, eye, farm, remembrance

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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 (some, Donkey skin, farm, skin), 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:pg29021:15:148
# text = Now, some believe that Donkey-skin had been aware of the Prince in her heart at the moment when he had put his eye to the keyhole; and then, looking from her little window, she had seen him, so young, so handsome, and so shapely, that the remembrance of him had remained, and that often the thought of him had cost her some sighs.
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
4	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
6	Donkey	Donkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	cop	_	_
11	aware	aware	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	in	in	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	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	24	advmod	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
23	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	20	acl	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	keyhole	keyhole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
32	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	34	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
34	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
35	from	from	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
37	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
41	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
42	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	34	advcl	_	_
43	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
45	so	so	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
46	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	so	so	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
49	handsome	handsome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
52	so	so	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
53	shapely	shapely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
55	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	61	mark	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	remembrance	remembrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nsubj:pass	_	_
58	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	nmod	_	_
60	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	61	aux	_	_
61	remained	remain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
63	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
64	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	67	nsubj	_	_
65	often	often	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obl	_	_
68	of	of	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
69	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	71	nsubj:pass	_	_
70	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	71	aux	_	_
71	cost	cost	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	67	acl:relcl	_	_
72	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	74	nmod:poss	_	_
73	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	74	det	_	_
74	sighs	sigh	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	71	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | some |  |  |  | now | shapely *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past · perfect | Donkey skin |  |  | skin's heart at the moment |  | of the Prince; aware *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **put** | past · perfect | farm | farm's eye |  |  |  | to the keyhole | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent eye=Goal |
| 4 | **look** | gerund | some *not said here* |  |  |  | then | from skin's little window | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from window=Theme |
| 5 | **see** | past · perfect | skin | farm |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 6 | **remain** | past · perfect · passive |  | the remembrance of farm |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute |
| 7 | **thought** |  | that |  |  |  |  | often *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **cost** | past · perfect · passive | the thought *not said here* | farm |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary sigh=Value |
| 9 | **remember** |  |  | farm |  |  |  |  | nom remembrance «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 10 | **sigh** |  | skin |  |  |  |  |  | nom sigh «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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