--- title: Every one answered according as they had heard; some said that it wa… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: Every one answered according as they had heard; some said that it was a ruinous old castle, haunted by spirits; others, that all the sorcerers and witches of the country kept there their sabbath, or nights meeting. Who acts: one, towers, some, middle. 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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 (one, towers, some, middle), 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:pg29021:9:6 # text = Every one answered according as they had heard; some said that it was a ruinous old castle, haunted by spirits; others, that all the sorcerers and witches of the country kept there their sabbath, or nights meeting. 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 according accord VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 ruinous ruinous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 haunted haunt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 24 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sorcerers sorcerer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 witches witch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 35 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 36 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 sabbath sabbath NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 compound _ _ 42 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | every one | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | every one *not said here* | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hear** | past · perfect | towers *= tower* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | some | others or nights meeting | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | middle | a ruinous old castle | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **haunt** | participle | | a ruinous old castle *not said here* | | | | by spirits | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **keep** | past | all sorcerers of the country and witches | towers's sabbath | | there | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sabbath=Theme | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/9/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/9/7/) - ↑ back to [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/9/)