--- title: The torment that he gave himself, planning how he might see her to w… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: The torment that he gave himself, planning how he might see her to whom the ring belonged, not daring to believe that if he asked for Donkey-skin she would be allowed to come, and not daring to speak of what he had seen through the keyhole for fear that he would be laughed at for a dreamer, brought --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/157/) [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/) / 157 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Towards Her"\], sentence 157 The torment that he gave himself, planning how he might see her to whom the ring belonged, not daring to believe that if he asked for Donkey-skin she would be allowed to come, and not daring to speak of what he had seen through the keyhole for fear that he would be laughed at for a dreamer, brought back the fever with great violence. **Who acts:** torment, ring, girl, dreamer · **What happens:** give, plan, see, belong, not dare, not believe · **To what, where:** torment, girl, keyhole, fever · **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 (torment, ring, girl, dreamer), 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:pg29021:15:157 # text = The torment that he gave himself, planning how he might see her to whom the ring belonged, not daring to believe that if he asked for Donkey-skin she would be allowed to come, and not daring to speak of what he had seen through the keyhole for fear that he would be laughed at for a dreamer, brought back the fever with great violence. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 torment torment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 planning plan VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 9 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 belonged belong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 daring dare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 Donkey Donkey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 ccomp _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 daring dare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 obl _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 acl:relcl _ _ 49 through through ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 keyhole keyhole NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 54 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj:pass _ _ 56 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 57 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 58 aux:pass _ _ 58 laughed laugh VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 acl _ _ 59 at at ADP IN _ 58 obl _ _ 60 for for ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 dreamer dreamer NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 64 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 65 back back ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 fever fever NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 68 with with ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 violence violence NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the torment | | torment | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 2 | **plan** | gerund | the torment *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** *not said to happen* | might | torment | girl | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 4 | **belong** | past | the ring | | | | | | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **dare** | gerund | the torment *not said here* | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **believe** | to-infinitive | the torment *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | torment | | | | | for Donkey skin | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **allow** | would · passive | | girl | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **not** **dare** | gerund | the torment *not said here* | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the torment *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **see** | past · perfect | torment | | | the keyhole for fear | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 13 | **laugh** | would · passive | a dreamer | torment | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 14 | **bring back** | past | the torment *not said here* | the fever | | | | with great violence | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent fever=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 156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/156/) - next →: [sentence 158](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/158/) - ↑ back to [Towards Her"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/)