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title: The common opinion was that an Ogre[1] lived there, and that he carr… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics
description: The common opinion was that an Ogre[1] lived there, and that he carried thither all the little children he could catch, that he might eat them up at his leisure, without any-body's being able to follow him, as having himself, only, the power to pass thro' the wood. Who acts: common opinion, son, bod
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# The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, \_thomas Bodkin\_, part 3, sentence 7

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The common opinion was that an Ogre\[1\] lived there, and that he carried thither all the little children he could catch, that he might eat them up at his leisure, without any-body's being able to follow him, as having himself, only, the power to pass thro' the wood.

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**Who acts:** common opinion, son, body · **What happens:** be, carry, catch, eat up, follow, have · **To what, where:** little children, towers, leisure, son, thro

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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 (common opinion, son, body), 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:pg29021:9:7
# text = The common opinion was that an Ogre[1] lived there, and that he carried thither all the little children he could catch, that he might eat them up at his leisure, without any-body's being able to follow him, as having himself, only, the power to pass thro' the wood.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	1	1	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
11	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	advcl	_	_
18	thither	thither	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	22	det:predet	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
24	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
27	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
29	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
30	eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	25	conj	_	_
31	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	_
32	up	up	ADP	RP	_	30	compound:prt	_	_
33	at	at	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	leisure	leisure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
37	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
38	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	40	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	's	's	PART	POS	_	40	case	_	_
42	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	43	cop	_	_
43	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	conj	_	_
44	to	to	PART	TO	_	45	mark	_	_
45	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	xcomp	_	_
46	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
49	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	25	advcl	_	_
50	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	49	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
52	only	only	ADV	RB	_	55	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
56	to	to	PART	TO	_	57	mark	_	_
57	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	55	acl	_	_
58	thro	thro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	58	punct	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the common opinion |  |  | there |  | the power *obl*; live *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | past | son | all little children |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |
| 3 | **catch** | could | son |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **eat up** | might | son | towers *= tower* |  | son's leisure |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 5 | **is** | gerund | any body |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **follow** | to-infinitive | any body *not said here* | son |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 7 | **have** | gerund | son *not said here* | son |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |
| 8 | **pass** | to-infinitive | the common opinion *not said here* | thro |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thro=Recipient wood=Theme |

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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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