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title: He wrote odes in honour of the King; he planned designs for Gobelin… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics
description: He wrote odes in honour of the King; he planned designs for Gobelin tapestries and decorative paintings; he became a member of the select little Academy of Medals and Inscriptions which Colbert brought into being to devise suitable legends for the royal palaces and monuments; he encouraged musicians
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# The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, "he Thought the Princess Was His Queen" 143, sentence 39

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He wrote odes in honour of the King; he planned designs for Gobelin tapestries and decorative paintings; he became a member of the select little Academy of Medals and Inscriptions which Colbert brought into being to devise suitable legends for the royal palaces and monuments; he encouraged musicians and fought the cause of Lulli; he joined with Claude in a successful effort to found the Academy of Science.

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**Who acts:** Quinault, Colbert · **What happens:** write, plan, become, bring, devise, encourage · **To what, where:** odes, honour, designs, member, Medals, suitable legends

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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 (Quinault, Colbert), 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:pg29021:6:39
# text = He wrote odes in honour of the King; he planned designs for Gobelin tapestries and decorative paintings; he became a member of the select little Academy of Medals and Inscriptions which Colbert brought into being to devise suitable legends for the royal palaces and monuments; he encouraged musicians and fought the cause of Lulli; he joined with Claude in a successful effort to found the Academy of Science.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	odes	ode	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	planned	plan	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	designs	design	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	Gobelin	Gobelin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	tapestries	tapestry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	decorative	decorative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	paintings	painting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	xcomp	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
26	select	select	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
27	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	Academy	Academy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	Medals	Medal	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	28	nmod	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	Inscriptions	Inscription	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	30	conj	_	_
33	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	35	obj	_	_
34	Colbert	Colbert	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
35	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	acl:relcl	_	_
36	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
37	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	advcl	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	devise	devise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	xcomp	_	_
40	suitable	suitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	legends	legend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obj	_	_
42	for	for	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
44	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	palaces	palace	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	nmod	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	monuments	monument	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	50	punct	_	_
49	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	encouraged	encourage	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
51	musicians	musician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	obj	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	conj	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	Lulli	Lulli	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	60	punct	_	_
59	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	_
60	joined	join	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	conj	_	_
61	with	with	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	Claude	Claude	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	_
63	in	in	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
64	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
65	successful	successful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	66	amod	_	_
66	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	_
67	to	to	PART	TO	_	68	mark	_	_
68	found	found	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	60	advcl	_	_
69	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
70	Academy	Academy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	68	obj	_	_
71	of	of	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
72	Science	Science	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	70	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | Quinault | odes |  | honour of the King |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ode=Theme in honour=Destination |
| 2 | **plan** | past | Quinault | designs |  |  |  | for Gobelin tapestries and decorative paintings | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent design=Topic |
| 3 | **become** | past | Quinault | a member of the select little Academy of Medals and Inscriptions |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **bring** | past | Colbert | Medals and Inscriptions |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 5 | **devise** | to-infinitive | Quinault *not said here* | suitable legends |  |  |  | for the royal palaces and monuments | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent legend=Patient |
| 6 | **encourage** | past | Quinault | musicians |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent musician=Theme |
| 7 | **fight** | past | Quinault *not said here* | the cause of Lulli |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Co-Agent |
| 8 | **join** | past | Quinault |  |  |  |  | with Claude; in a successful effort | vn cooperate-73.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with claude=Co-Agent in effort=Theme |
| 9 | **found** | to-infinitive | Quinault *not said here* | the Academy of Science |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent academy=Patient |
| 10 | **honour** |  |  | the King |  |  |  |  | nom honour «state transitive»: of=patient |
| 11 | **cause** |  |  | Lulli |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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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