--- title: People came in from every quarter in great numbers; they threw water… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: People came in from every quarter in great numbers; they threw water upon the Princess's face, unlaced her, struck her on the palms of her hands, and rubbed her temples with Hungary-water; but nothing would bring her to herself. Who acts: People, nothing. 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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 (People, nothing), 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:pg29021:8:96 # text = People came in from every quarter in great numbers; they threw water upon the Princess's face, unlaced her, struck her on the palms of her hands, and rubbed her temples with Hungary-water; but nothing would bring her to herself. 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 upon upon ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 unlaced unlace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 palms palm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 temples temple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 Hungary Hungary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 44 nsubj _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come in** | past | People | | | every quarter in great numbers | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from quarter=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **throw** | past | People | water | | the Princess's face | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent water=Theme upon face=Destination | | 3 | **unlace** | past | People *not said here* | Princess | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 4 | **strike** | past | People *not said here* | Princess | | | | on the palms of Princess's hands | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent she=Instrument on palm=Patient | | 5 | **rub** | past | | Princess's temples | | | | with Hungary water | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent temple=Destination with water=Theme | | 6 | **bring** | would | nothing | Princess | Princess | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to herself=Destination | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/97/) - ↑ back to [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/)