--- title: A still more dangerous enemy was Medea, the wicked enchantress; for… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: A still more dangerous enemy was Medea, the wicked enchantress; for she was now the king's wife, and wanted to give the kingdom to her son Medus, instead of letting it be given to the son of Aethra, whom she hated. Who acts: dangerous enemy, Medea. 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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 (dangerous enemy, Medea), 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:pg976:3:95 # text = A still more dangerous enemy was Medea, the wicked enchantress; for she was now the king's wife, and wanted to give the kingdom to her son Medus, instead of letting it be given to the son of Aethra, whom she hated. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 4 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 7 Medea Medea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 enchantress enchantress NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 16 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 Medus Medus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 35 mark _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 33 fixed _ _ 35 letting let VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 xcomp _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Aethra Aethra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 obj _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | a dangerous enemy | the wicked enchantress | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | Medea | | | | now | for the king's wife | tree rules | | 3 | **want** | past | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the kingdom | Medea's son | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme to son=Recipient | | 5 | **let** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | infinitive · passive | | enemy | the son of Aethra | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to son=Recipient | | 7 | **hate** | past | Medea | the son of Aethra | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | 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:** «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Project Gutenberg book 976 (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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/3/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/3/96/) - ↑ back to [The Minotaur., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/3/)