--- title: Then, by a little movement which the Princess made, the skin fell fr… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: Then, by a little movement which the Princess made, the skin fell from her shoulders and so enchanting was her guise, that the Prince, weak though he was, fell on his knees and held her so closely that she blushed. Who acts: Princess, skin, King. 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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 (Princess, skin, King), 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:pg29021:15:189 # text = Then, by a little movement which the Princess made, the skin fell from her shoulders and so enchanting was her guise, that the Prince, weak though he was, fell on his knees and held her so closely that she blushed. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 movement movement NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 from from 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 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 enchanting enchant VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 guise guise NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 30 though though SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 closely closely ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 blushed blush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the Princess | a little movement | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Product | | 2 | **fall** | past | the skin | | | skin's shoulders | then | by a little movement | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient by movement=Extent from shoulder=Initial\_State | | 3 | **enchant** | gerund | the skin *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | past | | skin's guise | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | past | King | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **fall** | past | the skin *not said here* | | | King's knees | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on knee=Location | | 7 | **hold** | past | the skin *not said here* | skin | | | | closely *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 8 | **blush** | past | skin | | | | | | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 188](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/188/) - next →: [sentence 190](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/190/) - ↑ back to [Towards Her"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/)