--- title: As soon as the Evil One had disappeared, Bearskin became quite light… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as the Evil One had disappeared, Bearskin became quite light-hearted; and going into the nearest town he bought a fine velvet coat, and hired a carriage drawn by four white horses, in which he was driven to the house of his bride. Who acts: Evil One, Bearskin. 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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 (Evil One, Bearskin), 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:pg11027:15:110 # text = As soon as the Evil One had disappeared, Bearskin became quite light-hearted; and going into the nearest town he bought a fine velvet coat, and hired a carriage drawn by four white horses, in which he was driven to the house of his bride. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Evil Evil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 One One PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 disappeared disappear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 Bearskin Bearskin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 quite quite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 13 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 hearted hearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 22 amod _ _ 22 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 velvet velvet NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 hired hire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 37 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obl _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disappear** | past · perfect | the Evil One | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **become** | past | Bearskin | | | | | quite, soon *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **go** | gerund | Bearskin *not said here* | | | the nearest town | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into town=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **buy** | past | BEARSKIN | a fine velvet coat | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Theme | | 5 | **hire** | past | Bearskin *not said here* | a carriage | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Theme | | 6 | **draw** | participle | | a carriage *not said here* | | | | by four white horses | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **drive** | past · passive | | BEARSKIN | | the house of BEARSKIN's bride | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=Destination to house=Initial\_Location | 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:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/111/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)