--- title: The Prince, charmed with these words, and much more with the manner… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince, charmed with these words, and much more with the manner in which they were spoken, knew not how to shew his joy and gratitude; he assured her, that he loved her better than he did himself; his discourse was not well connected, but it pleased her all the more; little eloquence, a great de --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/9/22/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/9/) / 22 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, \_thomas Bodkin\_, part 3, sentence 22 The Prince, charmed with these words, and much more with the manner in which they were spoken, knew not how to shew his joy and gratitude; he assured her, that he loved her better than he did himself; his discourse was not well connected, but it pleased her all the more; little eloquence, a great deal of love. **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** charm, speak, not know, shew, assure, love · **To what, where:** Prince, words, manner, little eloquence, joy, Princess · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Prince), 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:pg29021:9:22 # text = The Prince, charmed with these words, and much more with the manner in which they were spoken, knew not how to shew his joy and gratitude; he assured her, that he loved her better than he did himself; his discourse was not well connected, but it pleased her all the more; little eloquence, a great deal of love. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 charmed charm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 much much ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 appos _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obl _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 21 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 23 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 shew shew VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 assured assure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 obj _ _ 40 than than SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 43 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 discourse discourse NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 49 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 50 advmod _ _ 50 connected connect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 conj _ _ 55 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 56 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 58 det:predet _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 54 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ; ; PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 eloquence eloquence NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 63 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 appos _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charm** | participle | | the Prince *not said here* | | | | with this words | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · passive | | words *= word* | | the manner | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **know** | past | the Prince | little eloquence | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **shew** | to-infinitive | | Prince's joy and gratitude | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **assure** | past | Prince | | Princess | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 6 | **love** | past | Prince | Princess's better | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus | | 7 | **do** | past | Prince | Prince | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Eventuality | | 8 | **not** **connect** | past · passive | | Prince's discourse | | | | well *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 9 | **joy** | | Prince | | | | | | nom joy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **discourse** | | Prince | | | | | | nom discourse «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **deal** | | | love | | | | | nom deal «act transitive»: of=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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/9/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/9/23/) - ↑ back to [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/9/)