--- title: She was more wicked at that moment than ever she had been before; fo… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She was more wicked at that moment than ever she had been before; for (and it makes me tremble to tell you of it) she did her worst to turn all this unspeakable love with which Theseus was agitated to his own ruin and destruction. Who acts: cunning, mind, me, wicked. 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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 (cunning, mind, me, wicked), 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:pg976:4:24 # text = She was more wicked at that moment than ever she had been before; for (and it makes me tremble to tell you of it) she did her worst to turn all this unspeakable love with which Theseus was agitated to his own ruin and destruction. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 4 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 nsubj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 than than SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 13 advmod _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 cop _ _ 13 before before ADV RB _ 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 tremble tremble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 21 punct _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 worst bad ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 29 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 37 det:predet _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 36 unspeakable unspeakable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obl _ _ 40 Theseus Theseus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 agitated agitate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl:relcl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 ruin ruin NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 destruction destruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | cunning | | | | moment | wicked *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past · perfect | cunning | | | | ever | before *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | present | mind | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material | | 4 | **tremble** | infinitive | me | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | | you | | | of mind | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 6 | **do** | past | wicked | cunning's worst | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bad=Eventuality | | 7 | **turn** | to-infinitive | wicked *not said here* | all unspeakable love | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent love=Theme | | 8 | **agitate** | past · passive | | Theseus | | | | with all unspeakable love; to Theseus's own ruin and destruction | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 9 | **ruin** | | Theseus | | | | | | nom ruin «state transitive»: poss=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:** «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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/4/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/4/25/) - ↑ back to [The Minotaur., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/4/)