--- title: The mother assured her that she had seen her stepdaughter sink, and… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The mother assured her that she had seen her stepdaughter sink, and that there was no fear that she would ever come up again; but, to make all quite safe, the old woman might bewitch the girl; and so she did. Who acts: mother, bride, old woman. 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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 (mother, bride, old woman), 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:pg3027:13:34 # text = The mother assured her that she had seen her stepdaughter sink, and that there was no fear that she would ever come up again; but, to make all quite safe, the old woman might bewitch the girl; and so she did. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 assured assure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 stepdaughter stepdaughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 sink sink NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 18 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 23 advmod _ _ 23 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ _ 24 up up ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 again again ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 31 all all ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 quite quite ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 33 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 bewitch bewitch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assure** | past | the mother | | bride | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** | past · perfect | bride | bride's stepdaughter sink | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sink=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** | past | | no fear | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come up** | would | bride | no fear *not said here* | | | ever; again | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fear=Theme | | 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | | | | | | safe *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 6 | **bewitch** | might | the old woman | the girl | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus girl=Experiencer | | 7 | **do** | past | bride | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/35/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/)