--- title: Although the King was astonished by this whim, he did not hesitate t… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: Although the King was astonished by this whim, he did not hesitate to satisfy it; the poor ass was sacrificed and the skin brought, with due ceremony, to the Princess, who, seeing no other way of avoiding her ill-fortune, was desperate. Who acts: whim, King, skin, Princess. 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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 (whim, King, skin, Princess), 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:pg29021:15:89 # text = Although the King was astonished by this whim, he did not hesitate to satisfy it; the poor ass was sacrificed and the skin brought, with due ceremony, to the Princess, who, seeing no other way of avoiding her ill-fortune, was desperate. 1 Although although SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 astonished astonish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 whim whim NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 hesitate hesitate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 satisfy satisfy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 sacrificed sacrifice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 parataxis _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 ceremony ceremony NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 39 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 40 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 of of SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 43 avoiding avoid VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 acl _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 45 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 desperate desperate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **astonish** | past · passive | this whim | the King | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **hesitate** | past · do-support | King | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **satisfy** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | desire | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer | | 4 | **sacrifice** | past · passive | | the poor ass | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **bring** | past | the skin | due ceremony | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent ceremony=Theme | | 6 | **see** | gerund | the Princess | no other way | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | | 7 | **avoid** | gerund | no other way *not said here* | Princess's ill fortune | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent fortune=Location | | 8 | **is** | past | the Princess | | | | | desperate *property* | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/90/) - ↑ back to [Towards Her"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/)