--- title: The wicked shrew was determined to get rid of the girl by fair means… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The wicked shrew was determined to get rid of the girl by fair means or foul, and kept saying to her father: ‘Send her away, old man; send her away--anywhere so that my eyes sha’n’t be plagued any longer by the sight of her, or my ears tormented by the sound of her voice. 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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 (wicked shrew, fair, sight), 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:pg640:37:6 # text = The wicked shrew was determined to get rid of the girl by fair means or foul, and kept saying to her father: ‘Send her away, old man; send her away--anywhere so that my eyes sha’n’t be plagued any longer by the sight of her, or my ears tormented by the sound of her voice. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 shrew shrew NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 by by SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 nsubj _ _ 14 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 foul foul ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 20 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 xcomp _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 25 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 away away ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 away away ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 anywhere anywhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 33 advmod _ _ 38 so so SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 sha’ sha' PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 plagued plague VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ _ 46 any any ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 45 advmod _ _ 48 by by ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 or or CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 57 tormented torment VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 acl _ _ 58 by by ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the wicked shrew | | | | | determined *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | the wicked shrew *not said here* | | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **mean** | present | fair | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **keep** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | girl's father | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to father=Recipient | | 6 | **send away** | infinitive | | girl | | | | old man *vocative*; my ears *obl*; away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 7 | **send away** | infinitive | | girl | | | | anywhere, away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 8 | **not** **plague** | infinitive · passive | the sight of girl | my eyes | | | | long *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 9 | **torment** | participle | | my ears *not said here* | | | | by the sound of girl's voice | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **sight** | | | girl | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/37/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/37/7/) - ↑ back to [The Story of King Frost (26)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/37/)