--- title: The King who, notwithstanding the famous proverb, that marriage is t… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: The King who, notwithstanding the famous proverb, that marriage is the tomb of love, was deeply attached to his wife, was distressed beyond measure and made fervent vows to all the temples in his kingdom, and offered to give his life for that of his beloved consort; but he invoked the gods and the F --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/43/) [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/) / 43 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Towards Her"\], sentence 43 The King who, notwithstanding the famous proverb, that marriage is the tomb of love, was deeply attached to his wife, was distressed beyond measure and made fervent vows to all the temples in his kingdom, and offered to give his life for that of his beloved consort; but he invoked the gods and the Fairies in vain. **Who acts:** marriage, King · **What happens:** notwithstand, be, attach, distress, make, offer · **To what, where:** famous proverb, tomb, King, fervent vows, life, gods 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 (marriage, 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:pg29021:15:43 # text = The King who, notwithstanding the famous proverb, that marriage is the tomb of love, was deeply attached to his wife, was distressed beyond measure and made fervent vows to all the temples in his kingdom, and offered to give his life for that of his beloved consort; but he invoked the gods and the Fairies in vain. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 notwithstanding notwithstand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 proverb proverb NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 tomb tomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 19 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 attached attach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 distressed distress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 27 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 measure measure NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 31 fervent fervent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 vows vow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 temples temple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 beloved beloved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 consort consort NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 54 but but CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 invoked invoke VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 Fairies Fairy PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 58 conj _ _ 62 in in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **notwithstand** | gerund | | the famous proverb | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | that marriage | the tomb | | | | of love | tree rules | | 3 | **attach** | past · passive | | the King | | | | to King's wife; deeply *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to wife=Co-Patient | | 4 | **distress** | past · passive | | | | | | beyond measure | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 5 | **make** | past | | fervent vows | | | | to all temples in King's kingdom | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset vow=Product | | 6 | **offer** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | King's life | | | | for that | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Theme for that=Asset | | 8 | **invoke** | past | King | the gods and the Fairies | | vain | | | tree rules | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/44/) - ↑ back to [Towards Her"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/)