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title: His first sustained literary effort had been a parody of the sixth b… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics
description: His first sustained literary effort had been a parody of the sixth book of the "Æneid"; which, perhaps fortunately for his reputation, was never published and has not survived. Who acts: first sustained literary effort, want. A sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, "
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# The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, "he Thought the Princess Was His Queen" 143, sentence 30

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His first sustained literary effort had been a parody of the sixth book of the "Æneid"; which, perhaps fortunately for his reputation, was never published and has not survived.

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**Who acts:** first sustained literary effort, want · **What happens:** sustain, be, not publish, not survive, repute · **To what, where:** parody

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This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, "he Thought the Princess Was His Queen" 143. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (first sustained literary effort, want), 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:pg29021:6:30
# text = His first sustained literary effort had been a parody of the sixth book of the "Æneid"; which, perhaps fortunately for his reputation, was never published and has not survived.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
3	sustained	sustain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
4	literary	literary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	parody	parody	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	sixth	sixth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	Æneid	Æneid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
20	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	26	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
22	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	fortunately	fortunately	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
24	for	for	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	reputation	reputation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
28	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	aux:pass	_	_
29	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	30	advmod	_	_
30	published	publish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
32	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
33	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	34	advmod	_	_
34	survived	survive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	30	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	30	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sustain** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past · perfect | want's first sustained literary effort | a parody |  |  |  | of the sixth book of the Æneid and want's reputation | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **publish** | past · passive |  | a parody |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 4 | **not** **survive** | present · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **repute** |  | want |  |  |  |  |  | nom reputation «state 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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