--- title: When the cooking was done she muffled herself in her horrible skin a… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: When the cooking was done she muffled herself in her horrible skin and gave the cake to the messenger, asking him for news of the Prince; but the man would not deign to reply, and without a word ran quickly back to the palace. Who acts: cooking, man. 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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 (cooking, man), 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:pg29021:15:152 # text = When the cooking was done she muffled herself in her horrible skin and gave the cake to the messenger, asking him for news of the Prince; but the man would not deign to reply, and without a word ran quickly back to the palace. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cooking cooking NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 muffled muffle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 deign deign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 reply reply VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 without without ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 42 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 43 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 back back ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · passive | | the cooking | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **muffle** | past | cooking | cooking | | skin's horrible skin | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient | | 3 | **give** | past | cooking *not said here* | the cake | the messenger | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent cake=Theme to messenger=Recipient | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | cooking *not said here* | | slut | | | for news of the Prince | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **not** **deign** | would | the man | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **reply** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the man *not said here* | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **run** | past | cooking *not said here* | | | | | without a word; to the palace *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to palace=Result | 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 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/151/) - next →: [sentence 153](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/153/) - ↑ back to [Towards Her"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/)