--- title: After having somewhat recovered her senses, she took up the key, loc… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: After having somewhat recovered her senses, she took up the key, locked the door, and went up stairs into her chamber to recover herself; but she could not, so much was she frightened. Who acts: unhappiness. 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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 (unhappiness), 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:pg29021:8:6 # text = After having somewhat recovered her senses, she took up the key, locked the door, and went up stairs into her chamber to recover herself; but she could not, so much was she frightened. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 3 somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 recovered recover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 senses sens NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 key key NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 locked lock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 recover recover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 27 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 much much ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | unhappiness *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **recover** | past | unhappiness *not said here* | unhappiness's senses | | | | somewhat *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sens=Theme | | 3 | **take up** | past | unhappiness | the key | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Theme | | 4 | **lock** | past | unhappiness *not said here* | the door | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 5 | **go up** | past | unhappiness *not said here* | stairs | | unhappiness's chamber | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **recover** | to-infinitive | unhappiness *not said here* | unhappiness | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme | | 7 | **frighten** | past · passive | | unhappiness | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/7/) - ↑ back to [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/)