--- title: This was not his only service to the Academy, for he carried a motio… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: This was not his only service to the Academy, for he carried a motion to the effect that future elections should be by ballot; and invented and provided, at his own expense, a ballot-box which, though he does not describe it, was probably the model of those in use in all modern clubs and societies. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/6/49/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/) / ["he Thought the Princess Was His Queen…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/6/) / 49 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, "he Thought the Princess Was His Queen" 143, sentence 49 This was not his only service to the Academy, for he carried a motion to the effect that future elections should be by ballot; and invented and provided, at his own expense, a ballot-box which, though he does not describe it, was probably the model of those in use in all modern clubs and societies. **Who acts:** This, address, future elections · **What happens:** not be, carry, be, invent, provide, not describe · **To what, where:** only service, motion, modern clubs, effect, own expense, model 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 (This, address, future elections), 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:pg29021:6:49 # text = This was not his only service to the Academy, for he carried a motion to the effect that future elections should be by ballot; and invented and provided, at his own expense, a ballot-box which, though he does not describe it, was probably the model of those in use in all modern clubs and societies. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Academy Academy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 motion motion NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 20 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 elections election NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 22 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 cop _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 ballot ballot NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 invented invent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 provided provide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 expense expense NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 ballot ballot NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 though though SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 describe describe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 51 probably probably ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 model model NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 53 nmod _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 61 det _ _ 60 modern modern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 clubs club NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 societies society NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | past | This | address's only service | | | | to the Academy | tree rules | | 2 | **carry** | past | address | a motion | | all modern clubs and societies | | to the effect | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent motion=Theme to effect=Destination | | 3 | **is** | should | future elections | the effect *not said here* | | | | by ballot | tree rules | | 4 | **invent** | past | address *not said here* | | | | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **provide** | past | address *not said here* | | | address's own expense and a ballot box address's own expense and a ballot box own expense | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition | | 6 | **not** **describe** | present · do-support | address | motion | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | past | | the model | | | | of those; probably *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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/6/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/6/50/) - ↑ back to ["he Thought the Princess Was His Queen" 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/6/)