--- title: Bearskin stepped nearer, but the old man jumped up and tried to esca… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Bearskin stepped nearer, but the old man jumped up and tried to escape; but when he recognized a human voice he let himself be persuaded, and by kind words and soothings on the part of the old Soldier he at length disclosed the cause of his distress. Who acts: Bearskin, old man, man, soldier. 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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 (Bearskin, old man, man, soldier), 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:pg11027:15:81 # text = Bearskin stepped nearer, but the old man jumped up and tried to escape; but when he recognized a human voice he let himself be persuaded, and by kind words and soothings on the part of the old Soldier he at length disclosed the cause of his distress. 1 Bearskin Bearskin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nearer near ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 recognized recognize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 25 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obj _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 persuaded persuade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 soothings soothing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 Soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 disclosed disclose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 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 distress distress NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **step** | past | Bearskin | | | | | near *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **jump up** | past | the old man | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **try** | past | the old man *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **escape** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the old man *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **recognize** | past | man | a human voice | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 6 | **let** | past | man | man | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **persuade** | infinitive · passive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP» | | 8 | **disclose** | past | BEARSKIN | the cause of soldier's distress | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cause=Topic | | 9 | **cause** | | | soldier's distress | | | | | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **distress** | | soldier | | | | | | nom distress «feeling 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:** «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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/82/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)