--- title: There was a very fine christening; and the Princess had for her godm… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: There was a very fine christening; and the Princess had for her godmothers all the Fairies they could find in the whole kingdom (they found seven), that every one of them might give her a gift, as was the custom of Fairies in those days, and that by this means the Princess might have all the perfect --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/73/) [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/) / 73 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, \_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2, sentence 73 There was a very fine christening; and the Princess had for her godmothers all the Fairies they could find in the whole kingdom (they found seven), that every one of them might give her a gift, as was the custom of Fairies in those days, and that by this means the Princess might have all the perfections imaginable. **Who acts:** fine christening, Princess, godmothers, one, that · **What happens:** be, have, find, give, mean · **To what, where:** Fairies, whole kingdom, seven, gift, Princess, perfections · **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 (fine christening, Princess, godmothers, one), 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:pg29021:8:73 # text = There was a very fine christening; and the Princess had for her godmothers all the Fairies they could find in the whole kingdom (they found seven), that every one of them might give her a gift, as was the custom of Fairies in those days, and that by this means the Princess might have all the perfections imaginable. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 christening christening NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 godmothers godmother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 28 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 32 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 33 det _ _ 33 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ _ 36 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 50 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 56 nsubj _ _ 54 by by ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 nmod _ _ 56 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 59 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 ccomp _ _ 61 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 63 det:predet _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 perfections perfection NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obj _ _ 64 imaginable imaginable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | a fine christening | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | the Princess | | | | | for Princess's godmothers all Fairies | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **find** | could | godmothers *= godmother* | all Fairies *not said here* | | the whole kingdom | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=Topic | | 4 | **find** | past | godmothers *= godmother* | seven | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seven=Topic | | 5 | **give** | might | every one of godmothers | a gift | Princess | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient gift=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | | | as the custom; of Fairies in that days | tree rules | | 7 | **mean** | present | that | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **have** | might | the Princess | all perfections | | | | imaginable *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perfection=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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/74/) - ↑ back to [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/)