--- title: We should, I think, be more fortunate still if the memoirs had not c… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: We should, I think, be more fortunate still if the memoirs had not ceased in mid-career, or if their author had permitted himself to write of his family affairs without reserve or restraint, in the approved manner of modern autobiography. Who acts: We, author. 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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 (We, author), 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:pg29021:6:8 # text = We should, I think, be more fortunate still if the memoirs had not ceased in mid-career, or if their author had permitted himself to write of his family affairs without reserve or restraint, in the approved manner of modern autobiography. 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 8 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 9 fortunate fortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ 10 still still ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 memoirs memoir NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 ceased cease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 mid-career mid-career NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 or or CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 author author NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 permitted permit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 26 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 33 without without ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 reserve reserve NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 restraint restraint NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 approved approve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 amod _ _ 41 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 modern modern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 autobiography autobiography NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | should | We | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | still | fortunate *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **cease** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | the memoirs | | mid-career | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **permit** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | memoirs's author | author | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 5 | **write** | to-infinitive | memoirs's author *not said here* | | | the approved manner of modern autobiography | | of author's family affairs; without reserve or restraint | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in manner=Destination | | 6 | **approve** | participle | | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/6/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/6/9/) - ↑ back to ["he Thought the Princess Was His Queen" 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/6/)