--- title: "I beg your pardon, mamma," said the poor girl, "for not making more… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: "I beg your pardon, mamma," said the poor girl, "for not making more haste," and, in speaking these words, there came out of her mouth two roses, two pearls, and two diamonds. Who acts: poor girl, words, your. 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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 (poor girl, words, your), 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:pg29021:7:68 # text = "I beg your pardon, mamma," said the poor girl, "for not making more haste," and, in speaking these words, there came out of her mouth two roses, two pearls, and two diamonds. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 beg beg VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 pardon pardon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 mamma mamma NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 19 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 amod _ _ 20 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 in in SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ _ 27 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 31 expl _ _ 31 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 32 out out ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 44 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* *in a quote* | present | the poor girl *= girl* | your pardon and mamma | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent pardon=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the poor girl | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **make** *in a quote* | gerund | the poor girl *not said here* | more haste | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset haste=Product | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | this words | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come out** | past | the poor girl *not said here* | two diamonds | | there | | of girl's mouth and two roses and two pearls; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **pardon** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom pardon «act 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/7/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/7/69/) - ↑ back to [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/7/)