--- title: One would have taken her for an angel, she was so very beautiful; fo… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: One would have taken her for an angel, she was so very beautiful; for her swooning away had not diminished one bit of her complexion; her cheeks were carnation, and her lips like coral; indeed her eyes were shut, but she was heard to breathe softly, which satisfied those about her that she was not d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/98/) [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/) / 98 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, \_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2, sentence 98 One would have taken her for an angel, she was so very beautiful; for her swooning away had not diminished one bit of her complexion; her cheeks were carnation, and her lips like coral; indeed her eyes were shut, but she was heard to breathe softly, which satisfied those about her that she was not dead. **Who acts:** Princess, cheeks, eyes · **What happens:** take, be, swoon away, not diminish, hear, breathe · **To what, where:** One, one bit, carnation, Princess, those 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 (Princess, cheeks, eyes), 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:pg29021:8:98 # text = One would have taken her for an angel, she was so very beautiful; for her swooning away had not diminished one bit of her complexion; her cheeks were carnation, and her lips like coral; indeed her eyes were shut, but she was heard to breathe softly, which satisfied those about her that she was not dead. 1 One one PRON PRP PronType=Ind 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 swooning swoon VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 19 away away ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 diminished diminish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 complexion complexion NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 carnation carnation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 37 like like ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 coral coral NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 shut shut ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 breathe breathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 softly softly ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ _ 55 satisfied satisfy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 56 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 55 obj _ _ 57 about about ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ _ 59 that that SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 60 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 61 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 cop _ _ 62 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 63 advmod _ _ 63 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | would · perfect · passive | | One | | | | for a angel; Princess's lips like coral *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme she=Destination | | 2 | **is** | past | Princess | | | | | beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **swoon away** | gerund | Princess | | | | | away *property* | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **not** **diminish** | past · perfect | Princess *not said here* | one bit of Princess's complexion | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer bit=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | past | Princess's cheeks | carnation | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | Princess's eyes | | | | | indeed, shut *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **hear** | past · passive | | Princess | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **breathe** | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | softly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **satisfy** | past | | those | | | | about Princess | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus that=Experiencer | | 10 | **not** **is** | past | Princess | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/99/) - ↑ back to [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/)