--- title: Being come to the closet door, she made a stop for some time, thinki… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: Being come to the closet door, she made a stop for some time, thinking upon her husband's orders, and considering what unhappiness might attend her if she was disobedient; but the temptation was so strong she could not overcome it. Who acts: she, unhappiness, temptation, husband. 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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 (she, unhappiness, temptation, husband), 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:pg29021:8:1 # text = Being come to the closet door, she made a stop for some time, thinking upon her husband's orders, and considering what unhappiness might attend her if she was disobedient; but the temptation was so strong she could not overcome it. 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 closet closet NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 stop stop NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 14 det _ _ 14 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 17 upon upon ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 's 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 considering consider VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 25 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 28 obj _ _ 26 unhappiness unhappiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 disobedient disobedient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 temptation temptation NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 overcome overcome VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 parataxis _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | gerund · passive | | | | the closet door | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: to door=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **make** | past | she | a stop | | | for some time | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stop=Product | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | she *not said here* | | | | | upon her husband's orders | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **consider** | gerund | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **attend** | might | unhappiness | her *= she* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | unhappiness | | | | | disobedient *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | the temptation | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **overcome** | could | unhappiness | temptation | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 9 | **order** | | her husband | | | | | | nom order «communication 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: [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 1, 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/7/128/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/2/) - ↑ back to [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/)