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# The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, \_thomas Bodkin\_, part 3, sentence 2

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This, however, was not necessary; for, in a quarter of an hour's time, there grew up, all round about the park, such a vast number of trees, great and small, bushes and brambles, twining one within another, that neither man nor beast could pass thro'; so that nothing could be seen but the very top of the towers of the palace; and that too, not unless it was a good way off.

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**Who acts:** This, man, that · **What happens:** not be, grow up, twine, pass, see · **To what, where:** one, thro, nothing, good way

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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 (This, man, that), 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:pg29021:9:2
# text = This, however, was not necessary; for, in a quarter of an hour's time, there grew up, all round about the park, such a vast number of trees, great and small, bushes and brambles, twining one within another, that neither man nor beast could pass thro'; so that nothing could be seen but the very top of the towers of the palace; and that too, not unless it was a good way off.
1	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	however	however	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	necessary	necessary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	21	expl	_	_
21	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
22	up	up	ADP	RP	_	21	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	all	all	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	round	round	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
26	about	about	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
30	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	33	det:predet	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	vast	vast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
37	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	conj	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
41	bushes	bush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	conj	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	brambles	bramble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
45	twining	twine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	advcl	_	_
46	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	45	obj	_	_
47	within	within	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
50	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	56	mark	_	_
51	neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	52	det	_	_
52	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nsubj	_	_
53	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	54	cc	_	_
54	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	conj	_	_
55	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
56	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	advcl	_	_
57	thro	thro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	56	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
60	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	65	mark	_	_
61	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	60	fixed	_	_
62	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	65	nsubj:pass	_	_
63	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	65	aux	_	_
64	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	65	aux:pass	_	_
65	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	_
66	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
68	very	very	ADV	RB	_	69	advmod	_	_
69	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	conj	_	_
70	of	of	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
72	towers	tower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	69	nmod	_	_
73	of	of	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
74	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
75	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	87	punct	_	_
77	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	87	cc	_	_
78	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	87	nsubj	_	_
79	too	too	ADV	RB	_	87	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	87	punct	_	_
81	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	87	advmod	_	_
82	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	87	mark	_	_
83	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	87	nsubj	_	_
84	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	87	cop	_	_
85	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	87	det	_	_
86	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	87	amod	_	_
87	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	conj	_	_
88	off	off	ADV	RB	_	87	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
89	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | past | This |  |  |  |  | however, necessary *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow up** | past | This *not said here* |  |  | there |  | about the park and such vast number of trees and bushes and brambles; round *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about park=Location |
| 3 | **twine** | gerund | This *not said here* | one |  |  |  | within another | vn coil-9.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 4 | **pass** | could | neither man nor beast | thro |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thro=Trajectory |
| 5 | **see** | could · passive |  | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 6 | **not** **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | that | a good way |  |  |  | off *property* | tree rules |

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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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