--- title: She had declared that she could not marry the Prince without the con… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: She had declared that she could not marry the Prince without the consent of the King her father, so, he was the first to whom an invitation to the wedding was sent; he was not, however, told the name of the bride. Who acts: Queen, King. A sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/195/) [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/) / 195 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Towards Her"\], sentence 195 She had declared that she could not marry the Prince without the consent of the King her father, so, he was the first to whom an invitation to the wedding was sent; he was not, however, told the name of the bride. **Who acts:** Queen, King · **What happens:** declare, not marry, be, send, not be, consent · **To what, where:** Prince, invitation, King, bride 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 (Queen, 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:pg29021:15:195 # text = She had declared that she could not marry the Prince without the consent of the King her father, so, he was the first to whom an invitation to the wedding was sent; he was not, however, told the name of the bride. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 declared declare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 without without ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 conj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 obl _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 invitation invitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 however however ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past · perfect | Queen | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **marry** | could | Queen | the Prince | | | | without the consent of the King Queen's father | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient | | 3 | **is** | past | King | | | | | first *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **send** | past · passive | | a invitation to the wedding | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **not** **is** | past | King | | | | | however, tell *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **consent** | | | the King Queen's father | | | | | nom consent «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **name** | | | the bride | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 194](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/194/) - next →: [sentence 196](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/196/) - ↑ back to [Towards Her"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/)