--- title: She was so much pressed by her curiosity, that, without considering… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: She was so much pressed by her curiosity, that, without considering that it was very uncivil to leave her company, she went down a little back-stair-case, and with such excessive haste, that she had twice or thrice like to have broken her neck. Who acts: curiosity, it, way. 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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 (curiosity, it, way), 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:pg29021:7:128 # text = She was so much pressed by her curiosity, that, without considering that it was very uncivil to leave her company, she went down a little back-stair-case, and with such excessive haste, that she had twice or thrice like to have broken her neck. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 pressed press VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 without without SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 considering consider VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 uncivil uncivil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 csubj _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 26 down down ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 28 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 29 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 stair stair NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 excessive excessive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 44 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 46 advmod _ _ 45 or or CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 thrice thrice ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 47 like like SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 49 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 aux _ _ 50 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ _ 51 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **press** | past · passive | way's curiosity that | way | | | | with such excessive haste | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent subject=Result | | 2 | **consider** | gerund | way's curiosity that *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | it | | | | | uncivil *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **leave** | to-infinitive | | way's company | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent company=Theme | | 5 | **go down** | past | way | a little back stair case | | | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **have** | past | way | | | | | thrice *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **break** | to-infinitive · perfect | way *not said here* | way's neck | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer neck=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 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/7/127/) - next →: [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/1/) - ↑ back to [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/7/)