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title: The infatuated King could refuse his daughter nothing, and he gave w… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics
description: The infatuated King could refuse his daughter nothing, and he gave without regret all the diamonds and rubies in his crown to aid this superb work; nothing was to be spared that could make the dress as beautiful as the sun. And, indeed, when the dress appeared, all those who unfolded it were obliged
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# The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Towards Her"\], sentence 79

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The infatuated King could refuse his daughter nothing, and he gave without regret all the diamonds and rubies in his crown to aid this superb work; nothing was to be spared that could make the dress as beautiful as the sun. And, indeed, when the dress appeared, all those who unfolded it were obliged to close their eyes, so much were they dazzled.

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**Who acts:** infatuated King, King, that, dress · **What happens:** infatuate, refuse, give, aid, spare, make · **To what, where:** nothing, diamonds, crown, superb work, dress, those

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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 (infatuated King, King, that, dress), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg29021:15:79
# text = The infatuated King could refuse his daughter nothing, and he gave without regret all the diamonds and rubies in his crown to aid this superb work; nothing was to be spared that could make the dress as beautiful as the sun. And, indeed, when the dress appeared, all those who unfolded it were obliged to close their eyes, so much were they dazzled.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	infatuated	infatuate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	refuse	refuse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	without	without	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	regret	regret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	17	det:predet	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	rubies	ruby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	aid	aid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
25	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	27	det	_	_
26	superb	superb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
29	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	33	nsubj:pass	_	_
30	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux:pass	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	33	mark	_	_
32	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	aux:pass	_	_
33	spared	spare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
34	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	36	nsubj	_	_
35	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
36	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	parataxis	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
39	as	as	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
40	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
41	as	as	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	sun.	sun.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
44	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
46	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
48	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	51	mark	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nsubj	_	_
51	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
53	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	54	det:predet	_	_
54	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	51	obl	_	_
55	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	56	nsubj	_	_
56	unfolded	unfold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	acl:relcl	_	_
57	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj:pass	_	_
58	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux:pass	_	_
59	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	56	xcomp	_	_
60	to	to	PART	TO	_	61	mark	_	_
61	close	close	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	59	xcomp	_	_
62	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	63	nmod:poss	_	_
63	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	61	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
65	so	so	ADV	RB	_	66	advmod	_	_
66	much	much	ADV	RB	_	69	advmod	_	_
67	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	aux:pass	_	_
68	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	nsubj	_	_
69	dazzled	dazzle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **infatuate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **refuse** | could | the infatuated King | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme |
| 3 | **give** | past | King | all diamonds and rubies |  | King's crown |  | without regret | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diamond=Theme |
| 4 | **aid** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | this superb work |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Beneficiary |
| 5 | **spare** | past · passive |  | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: subject=Asset |
| 6 | **make** | could | that | the dress |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dress=Product |
| 7 | **appear** | past | the dress | those |  |  |  | indeed *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **unfold** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **oblige** | past · passive |  | dress |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 10 | **close** | to-infinitive |  | crown's eyes |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
| 11 | **dazzle** | past · passive |  | eyes *= eye* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 12 | **crown** |  | King |  |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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