--- title: Perrault, when told of Quinault's pretensions, deemed it necessary t… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: Perrault, when told of Quinault's pretensions, deemed it necessary to disclose his authorship; but, on hearing of the use to which his work had been put, he gallantly remained in the background, forgave the fraud, and made a friend of the culprit. Who acts: Perrault, hearing, use, Quinault. 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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 (Perrault, hearing, use, Quinault), 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:pg29021:6:34 # text = Perrault, when told of Quinault's pretensions, deemed it necessary to disclose his authorship; but, on hearing of the use to which his work had been put, he gallantly remained in the background, forgave the fraud, and made a friend of the culprit. 1 Perrault Perrault PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 Quinault Quinault PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 pretensions pretension NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 deemed deem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 disclose disclose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 authorship authorship NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obl _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 gallantly gallantly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 background background NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 40 forgave forgive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 fraud fraud NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 culprit culprit NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle | Perrault | | | | | of Quinault's pretensions | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **deem** | past | Perrault *not said here* | suit | | | | necessary *property* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | | 3 | **disclose** | to-infinitive | Perrault *not said here* | Quinault's authorship | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot authorship=Topic | | 4 | **put** | past · perfect · passive | | Quinault's work | | | | to the use | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 5 | **remain** | past | hearing | | | the background | | gallantly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in background=Location | | 6 | **forgive** | past | hearing of the use | the fraud | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fraud=Theme | | 7 | **make** | past | hearing of the use *not said here* | a friend of the culprit | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product | | 8 | **hear** | | the use | | | | | | nom hearing «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 9 | **work** | | Quinault | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/6/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/6/35/) - ↑ back to ["he Thought the Princess Was His Queen" 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/6/)