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title: He, however, very well knew, by the ruby faces and pimpled noses of… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics
description: He, however, very well knew, by the ruby faces and pimpled noses of the beef-eaters, that they were only asleep; and their goblets, wherein still remained some drops of wine, shewed plainly, that they fell asleep in their cups. Who acts: Scarce, eaters, goblets. A sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Cha
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# The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, \_thomas Bodkin\_, part 3, sentence 16

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He, however, very well knew, by the ruby faces and pimpled noses of the beef-eaters, that they were only asleep; and their goblets, wherein still remained some drops of wine, shewed plainly, that they fell asleep in their cups.

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**Who acts:** Scarce, eaters, goblets · **What happens:** know, be, remain, shew, fall · **To what, where:** beef eaters, drops, cups

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This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, \_thomas Bodkin\_, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Scarce, eaters, goblets), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg29021:9:16
# text = He, however, very well knew, by the ruby faces and pimpled noses of the beef-eaters, that they were only asleep; and their goblets, wherein still remained some drops of wine, shewed plainly, that they fell asleep in their cups.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	however	however	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	ruby	ruby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	pimpled	pimpled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	noses	nose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	beef	beef	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	eaters	eater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
22	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
23	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
24	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
25	only	only	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
29	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	goblets	goblet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	wherein	wherein	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	34	advmod	_	_
33	still	still	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
34	remained	remain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	acl:relcl	_	_
35	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	36	det	_	_
36	drops	drop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obj	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
40	shewed	shew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
41	plainly	plainly	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
43	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
44	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
45	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	conj	_	_
46	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	xcomp	_	_
47	in	in	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	cups	cup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | Scarce |  |  |  |  | by the ruby faces and pimpled noses of the beef eaters; however, well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past | eaters *= eater* | the beef eaters *not said here* |  |  |  | asleep *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **remain** | participle |  | some drops of wine |  |  | still | wherein *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme drop=Attribute |
| 4 | **shew** | past | eaters's goblets |  |  |  |  | plainly *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **fall** | past | goblets *= goblet* |  |  | eaters's cups |  | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in cup=Location |

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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.

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**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.

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