--- title: The Princess, confused by all these caresses and by the love of the… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess, confused by all these caresses and by the love of the handsome young Prince, was about to thank them when suddenly the ceiling opened, and the Lilac-fairy descended in a chariot made of the branches and flowers from which she took her name, and, with great charm, told the Princess's st --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/191/) [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/) / 191 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Towards Her"\], sentence 191 The Princess, confused by all these caresses and by the love of the handsome young Prince, was about to thank them when suddenly the ceiling opened, and the Lilac-fairy descended in a chariot made of the branches and flowers from which she took her name, and, with great charm, told the Princess's story. **Who acts:** Princess, ceiling, Lilac fairy, great charm · **What happens:** confuse, be, thank, open, descend, make · **To what, where:** Princess, Princes, chariot, name, branches, story · **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 (Princess, ceiling, Lilac fairy, great charm), 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:pg29021:15:191 # text = The Princess, confused by all these caresses and by the love of the handsome young Prince, was about to thank them when suddenly the ceiling opened, and the Lilac-fairy descended in a chariot made of the branches and flowers from which she took her name, and, with great charm, told the Princess's story. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 confused confuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 caresses caress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 thank thank VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 25 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 ceiling ceiling NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 Lilac Lilac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 descended descend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 parataxis _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 obl _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 49 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 58 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 61 's 's PART POS _ 60 case _ _ 62 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **confuse** | participle | | the Princess *not said here* | | | | by all caresses and the love of the handsome young Prince | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | the Princess | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **thank** *speech: thank* | to-infinitive | the Princess *not said here* | | Princes *= prince* | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **open** | past | the ceiling | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **descend** | participle | the Lilac fairy | | | a chariot | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **make** | participle | | a chariot *not said here* | | | | of the branches and flowers | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 7 | **take** | past | Princess | Princess's name | | the branches and flowers | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent name=Theme from which=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | great charm | the Princess's story | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient | | 9 | **love** | | | the handsome young Prince | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **name** | | Princess | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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 190](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/190/) - next →: [sentence 192](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/192/) - ↑ back to [Towards Her"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/)