--- title: Colbert proposed to reserve them to the royal use, but Perrault pers… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: Colbert proposed to reserve them to the royal use, but Perrault persuaded him to come there one day for a walk, showed him the citizens taking the air and playing with their children; got the gardeners to testify that these privileges were never abused, and carried his point by declaring, finally, t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/6/69/) [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/) / 69 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, "he Thought the Princess Was His Queen" 143, sentence 69 Colbert proposed to reserve them to the royal use, but Perrault persuaded him to come there one day for a walk, showed him the citizens taking the air and playing with their children; got the gardeners to testify that these privileges were never abused, and carried his point by declaring, finally, that "the King's pleasaunce was so spacious that there was room for all his children to walk there." **Who acts:** Colbert, Perrault, citizens, gardeners, pleasaunce, room · **What happens:** propose, reserve, persuade, come, show, take · **To what, where:** Gardens, Colbert, citizens, air, gardeners, privileges · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Colbert, Perrault, citizens, gardeners), 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:pg29021:6:69 # text = Colbert proposed to reserve them to the royal use, but Perrault persuaded him to come there one day for a walk, showed him the citizens taking the air and playing with their children; got the gardeners to testify that these privileges were never abused, and carried his point by declaring, finally, that "the King's pleasaunce was so spacious that there was room for all his children to walk there." 1 Colbert Colbert PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 proposed propose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 reserve reserve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 Perrault Perrault PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 persuaded persuade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 17 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 citizens citizen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 28 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 acl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 conj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 37 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 gardeners gardener NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 testify testify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 43 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 privileges privilege NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 46 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 abused abuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 by by SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 54 declaring declare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 finally finally ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 58 that that SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 59 " " PUNCT `` _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 62 's 's PART POS _ 61 case _ _ 63 pleasaunce pleasaunce NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ _ 64 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 cop _ _ 65 so so ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 66 spacious spacious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 conj _ _ 67 that that SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 68 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 69 expl _ _ 69 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 advcl _ _ 70 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ _ 71 for for ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 72 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 74 det:predet _ _ 73 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 74 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 nmod _ _ 75 to to PART TO _ 76 mark _ _ 76 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 70 acl _ _ 77 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 76 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **propose** | past | Colbert | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **reserve** | to-infinitive | Colbert *not said here* | Gardens *= garden* | | | | to the royal use | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **persuade** | past | Perrault | Colbert | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result | | 4 | **come** | to-infinitive | Colbert *not said here* | | | there | day | for a walk | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **show** | past | Perrault *not said here* | the citizens | Colbert | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient citizen=Topic | | 6 | **take** | gerund | the citizens *not said here* | the air | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme | | 7 | **play** | gerund | the citizens *not said here* | | | | | with Gardens's children | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with child=Co-Agent | | 8 | **get** | past | Colbert *not said here* | the gardeners | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **testify** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the gardeners *not said here* | | | | | | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **not** **abuse** | past · passive | | this privileges | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 11 | **carry** | past | | Colbert's point | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Theme | | 12 | **declare** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | finally *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the King's pleasaunce | | | | | spacious *property* | tree rules | | 14 | **be** *in a quote* | past | room for Colbert's children | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 15 | **walk** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | room for Colbert's children *not said here* | | | there | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 16 | **point** | | Colbert | | | | | | nom point «cognition transitive»: 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/6/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/6/70/) - ↑ back to ["he Thought the Princess Was His Queen" 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/6/)