--- title: The power that was hers made her harsher and more cruel than ever, a… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The power that was hers made her harsher and more cruel than ever, and the people soon began to hate her, especially as they believed that it was she who had caused the disappearance of Prince Varna. Who acts: power, people, Varna. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/19/19/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/) / [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/19/) / 19 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 19, sentence 19 The power that was hers made her harsher and more cruel than ever, and the people soon began to hate her, especially as they believed that it was she who had caused the disappearance of Prince Varna. **Who acts:** power, people, Varna · **What happens:** be, begin, hate, believe, cause, disappear · **To what, where:** Zaïda · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (power, people, Varna), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:19:19 # text = The power that was hers made her harsher and more cruel than ever, and the people soon began to hate her, especially as they believed that it was she who had caused the disappearance of Prince Varna. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 obj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 hers her PRON PRP Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 harsher harsh ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ _ 11 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 12 than than ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 18 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 19 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 hate hate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 especially especially ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 ccomp _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 disappearance disappearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod:desc _ _ 39 Varna Varna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the power | | | | | harsh *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the power *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **begin** | past | the people | | | | | soon *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **hate** | to-infinitive | the people *not said here* | Zaïda | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 5 | **believe** | past | people | | | | | especially *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **is a** | past | power | Zaïda | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **cause** | past · perfect · passive | | Zaïda | | | | who *nsubj*; the disappearance of Varna Prince *obj* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Theme disappearance=Eventuality | | 8 | **disappear** | | Varna Prince | | | | | | nom disappearance «act intransitive»: of=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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/19/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/19/20/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/19/)