--- title: The stepmother was very angry, but he would not listen, and at last… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The stepmother was very angry, but he would not listen, and at last she assured him that he would be sorry for his disobedience, and that in future he had better do as he was told. Who acts: stepmother, Sigurd. 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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 (stepmother, Sigurd), 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:pg2435:33:4 # text = The stepmother was very angry, but he would not listen, and at last she assured him that he would be sorry for his disobedience, and that in future he had better do as he was told. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 stepmother stepmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 obl _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 assured assure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 23 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 ccomp _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 disobedience disobedience NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 34 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 33 xcomp _ _ 35 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the stepmother | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **listen** | would | Sigurd | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **assure** | past | stepmother | | Sigurd | last | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | would | Sigurd | | | | | for Sigurd's disobedience; sorry *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | past | Sigurd | | | future | | good *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **do** | present | Sigurd *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | Sigurd | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 8 | **disobey** | | Sigurd | | | | | | nom disobedience «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/5/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/)