--- title: The step-mother fell into such a towering passion that she drove the… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The step-mother fell into such a towering passion that she drove the man’s daughter into the pig-stye—she might stay there with her fine show of gold, the step-mother said, but she should not be permitted to set foot in the house. Who acts: step mother, mother. 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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 (step mother, mother), 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:pg540:47:22 # text = The step-mother fell into such a towering passion that she drove the man’s daughter into the pig-stye—she might stay there with her fine show of gold, the step-mother said, but she should not be permitted to set foot in the house. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 10 det:predet _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 towering tower VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 amod _ _ 10 passion passion NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 stye stye NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 — - PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 27 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 show show NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 43 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 permitted permit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 ccomp _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | the step mother | | | | | into such towering passion *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into passion=Result | | 2 | **tower** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **drive** | past | mother | the man's daughter | | the pig stye | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme into stye=Trajectory | | 4 | **stay** | might | mother | | | there | | with mother's fine show of gold | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with show=Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the step mother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **permit** | should · passive | | mother | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **set** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | foot | | the house | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Theme in house=Destination | | 8 | **show** | | mother | gold | | | | | nom show «act transitive»: poss=agent of=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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/23/) - ↑ back to [Bushy Bride](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/)