--- title: _It is amazing to remember that Perrault was rather ashamed of his "… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: _It is amazing to remember that Perrault was rather ashamed of his "Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passé"--perhaps better known as "Les Contes de ma Mère l'Oye," or "Mother Goose's Tales," from the rough print which was inserted as a frontispiece to the first collected edition in 1697. 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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 (enjoyment, Perrault), 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:pg29021:6:104 # text = _It is amazing to remember that Perrault was rather ashamed of his "Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passé"--perhaps better known as "Les Contes de ma Mère l'Oye," or "Mother Goose's Tales," from the rough print which was inserted as a frontispiece to the first collected edition in 1697. 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 amazing amazing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 Perrault Perrault PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 rather rather ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Histoires Histoires PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 16 ou ou X FW Foreign=Yes 17 compound _ _ 17 Contes conte NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 18 du du ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Temps temp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 20 Passé Passé PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 25 advmod _ _ 25 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Les Les PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 Contes Contes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 29 flat:foreign _ _ 31 ma ma X FW Foreign=Yes 33 compound _ _ 32 Mère Mère PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 l'Oye l'oye NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Mother Mother PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 Goose Goose PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 Tales Tale PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 print print NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 48 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 inserted insert VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 acl:relcl _ _ 51 as as ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 frontispiece frontispiece NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 56 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 58 amod _ _ 57 collected collect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 amod _ _ 58 edition edition NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 1697 1697 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | enjoyment | | | | | amazing *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **remember** | to-infinitive | enjoyment *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | Perrault | | | | | of man's Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passé; ashamed *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **know** | participle | Perrault *not said here* | | | the rough print | | as Les Contes or Mother Goose's Tales; perhaps, well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as contes=Attribute | | 5 | **insert** | past · passive | | the rough print | | 1697 | | as a frontispiece; to the first collected edition | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in 1697=Destination | | 6 | **collect** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/6/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/6/105/) - ↑ back to ["he Thought the Princess Was His Queen" 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/6/)