--- title: The Mayoress, a long thin stick of a woman, enraged at the insult do… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Mayoress, a long thin stick of a woman, enraged at the insult done to her husband, seized his free arm and tore at it with all her might, with the only result that she too was forced to swell the procession. Who acts: Mayoress, only result. 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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 (Mayoress, only result), 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:pg7277:23:50 # text = The Mayoress, a long thin stick of a woman, enraged at the insult done to her husband, seized his free arm and tore at it with all her might, with the only result that she too was forced to swell the procession. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Mayoress Mayoress PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 enraged enrage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 insult insult NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 21 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 tore tore NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 29 with with SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 result result NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 parataxis _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 too too ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl:relcl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 swell swell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 procession procession NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enrage** | participle | the Mayoress *not said here* | | | the insult | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **do** | participle | | the insult *not said here* | | | | to Mayoress's husband | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **seize** | past | the Mayoress | husband's free arm and tore | | tore | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | | 4 | **force** | past · passive | the only result *not said here* | Mayoress | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **swell** | to-infinitive | Mayoress *not said here* | the procession | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient procession=Extent | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/23/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/23/51/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Swan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/23/)