--- title: As may be imagined, the stepmother and her daughter were so filled w… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As may be imagined, the stepmother and her daughter were so filled with envy that they grew quite ill, and had to take to their beds, and nobody would have been sorry it they had never got up again; but that did not happen. Who acts: daughter, nobody, bed, that. 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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 (daughter, nobody, bed, that), 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:pg3027:12:84 # text = As may be imagined, the stepmother and her daughter were so filled with envy that they grew quite ill, and had to take to their beds, and nobody would have been sorry it they had never got up again; but that did not happen. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 imagined imagine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stepmother stepmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 envy envy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 19 quite quite ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 beds bed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 35 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux _ _ 34 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 cop _ _ 35 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 ccomp _ _ 41 up up ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 again again ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 nsubj _ _ 46 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **imagine** | may · passive | | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF» | | 2 | **fill** | past · passive | | the stepmother and stepmother's daughter | | | | with envy | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with envy=Instrument | | 3 | **grow** | past | daughter | | | | | ill *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **have** | past | daughter *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | to-infinitive | daughter *not said here* | | | | | to daughter's beds *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to bed=Result | | 6 | **is** | would · perfect | nobody | | | | | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **get up** | past · perfect | bed | | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **not** **happen** | past · do-support | that | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/85/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/)