--- title: I have a step-mother who has bewitched me so that I am a white bear… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I have a step-mother who has bewitched me so that I am a white bear by day and a man by night; but now all is at an end between you and me, and I must leave you, and go to her. Who acts: I, step mother, all. 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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 (I, step mother, all), 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:pg503:4:54 # text = I have a step-mother who has bewitched me so that I am a white bear by day and a man by night; but now all is at an end between you and me, and I must leave you, and go to her. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 bewitched bewitch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 17 mark _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 advcl _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 28 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 33 between between ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | a step mother | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Patient | | 2 | **bewitch** | present · perfect | a step mother | me | | | night | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | present | I | a white bear and a man | | | day | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | all | | | | at a end; now | between you | tree rules | | 5 | **leave** | must | I | you | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 6 | **go** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | mother | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial\_Location | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/55/) - ↑ back to [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/)