--- title: At last, one day, the stepmother thought to get rid of her altogethe… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At last, one day, the stepmother thought to get rid of her altogether; so she handed her a sieve and said to her: “Go, fill it at the Well of the World's End and bring it home to me full, or woe betide you.” Who acts: stepmother. 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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 (stepmother), 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:pg7439:47:4 # text = At last, one day, the stepmother thought to get rid of her altogether; so she handed her a sieve and said to her: “Go, fill it at the Well of the World's End and bring it home to me full, or woe betide you.” 1 At at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 stepmother stepmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 12 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 handed hand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sieve sieve NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 fill fill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Well Well PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 World World PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 's 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 End end NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 home home ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 47 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 or or CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 51 betide betide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the stepmother | | | | day | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | | | | | | altogether, rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **hand** | past | stepmother | a sieve | mother | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination sieve=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | stepmother *not said here* | | mother | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **fill** *in a quote* | infinitive | | sieve | | | at the World's End | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 7 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Well | stepmother | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to i=Destination | | 8 | **betide** *in a quote* | present | stepmother *not said here* | woe | | | | | tree rules | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/47/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/47/5/) - ↑ back to [The Well of the World's End](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/47/)