--- title: _A very little share of common sense, And knowledge of the world, wi… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: _A very little share of common sense, And knowledge of the world, will soon evince That this a story is of time long pass'd; No husbands now such panic terrors cast; Nor weakly, with a vain despotic hand, Imperious, what's impossible, command: And be they discontented, or the fire Of wicked jealousy --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/65/) [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/) / [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/) / 65 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, \_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2, sentence 65 \_A very little share of common sense, And knowledge of the world, will soon evince That this a story is of time long pass'd; No husbands now such panic terrors cast; Nor weakly, with a vain despotic hand, Imperious, what's impossible, command: And be they discontented, or the fire Of wicked jealousy their hearts inspire, They softly sing; and of whatever hue Their beards may chance to be, or black, or blue, Grizeld, or russet, it is hard to say Which of the two, the man or wife, bears sway. **Who acts:** little share, story, husbands, vain despotic hand, share, hearts · **What happens:** evince, be, cast, inspire, sing, chance · **To what, where:** That, wicked jealousy, common sense · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, \_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little share, story, husbands, vain despotic hand), 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:pg29021:8:65 # text = _A very little share of common sense, And knowledge of the world, will soon evince That this a story is of time long pass'd; No husbands now such panic terrors cast; Nor weakly, with a vain despotic hand, Imperious, what's impossible, command: And be they discontented, or the fire Of wicked jealousy their hearts inspire, They softly sing; and of whatever hue Their beards may chance to be, or black, or blue, Grizeld, or russet, it is hard to say Which of the two, the man or wife, bears sway. 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 share share NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 18 evince evince VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 19 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 obj _ _ 20 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 obj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 pass pass NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 'd 'd NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 30 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 husbands husband NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 32 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 33 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 panic panic NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 terrors terror NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 36 cast cast VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 Nor Nor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 weakly weakly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 despotic despotic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 Imperious imperious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 51 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 54 : : PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 55 And and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 56 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 58 cop _ _ 57 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 discontented discontent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 or or CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 63 Of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 jealousy jealousy NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ _ 66 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nsubj _ _ 68 inspire inspire VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 70 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 71 softly softly ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 72 sing sing VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ; ; PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 whatever whatever DET WDT PronType=Int 77 det _ _ 77 hue hue NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 obl _ _ 78 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 79 nmod:poss _ _ 79 beards beard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 81 nsubj _ _ 80 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 81 aux _ _ 81 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 parataxis _ _ 82 to to PART TO _ 86 mark _ _ 83 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 86 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 84 , , PUNCT , _ 86 punct _ _ 85 or or CCONJ CC _ 86 cc _ _ 86 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 98 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 87 , , PUNCT , _ 89 punct _ _ 88 or or CCONJ CC _ 89 cc _ _ 89 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 86 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 90 , , PUNCT , _ 91 punct _ _ 91 Grizeld Grizeld PROPN NNP Number=Sing 86 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 92 , , PUNCT , _ 94 punct _ _ 93 or or CCONJ CC _ 94 cc _ _ 94 russet russet NOUN NN Number=Sing 91 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 95 , , PUNCT , _ 86 punct _ _ 96 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 98 expl _ _ 97 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 98 cop _ _ 98 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 advcl _ _ 99 to to PART TO _ 100 mark _ _ 100 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 98 csubj _ _ 101 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 112 obj _ _ 102 of of ADP IN _ 107 case _ _ 103 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 107 det _ _ 104 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 107 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 105 , , PUNCT , _ 107 punct _ _ 106 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 107 det _ _ 107 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 112 obl _ _ 108 or or CCONJ CC _ 109 cc _ _ 109 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 107 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 110 , , PUNCT , _ 107 punct _ _ 111 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 112 nsubj _ _ 112 sway sway VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 100 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 113 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **evince** | future | a little share of common sense and knowledge of the world | That | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | a story | | | | | of long pass 'd | tree rules | | 3 | **cast** | present | no husbands panic terrors | | | | | weakly *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | a vain despotic hand | | | | | impossible *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | infinitive | share | | | | | the fire of wicked jealousy *obl*; discontent *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **inspire** | present | share's hearts | wicked jealousy *not said here* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus jealousy=Experiencer | | 7 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | share | | | | | softly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **chance** | may | share's beards | | | | | of whatever hue | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | Grizeld *obl*; black *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **is** | present | share's beards *not said here* | | | | | hard *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 13 | **sway** | present | bears | | | | | of the two man or wife | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location which=Theme | | 14 | **share** | | | common sense | | | | | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient | | 15 | **fire** | | | wicked jealousy | | | | | nom fire «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/66/) - ↑ back to [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/)