--- title: The bear quickly came towards them, but, as he reached their side, s… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The bear quickly came towards them, but, as he reached their side, suddenly the bear-skin slipped to the ground, and there before them was standing a handsome man, completely garmented in gold, who said-- Who acts: bear, sudden, roses, gold. 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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 (bear, sudden, roses, gold), 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:pg11027:23:113 # text = The bear quickly came towards them, but, as he reached their side, suddenly the bear-skin slipped to the ground, and there before them was standing a handsome man, completely garmented in gold, who said-- 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 towards towards ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 21 slipped slip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 28 before before SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 completely completely ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 garmented garment VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 -- -- PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the bear | | | | | towards roses *= rose*; quickly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards they=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **reach** | past | sudden | roses's side | | | | the bear skin *obl* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent side=Theme | | 3 | **slip** | participle | | the bear skin *not said here* | | | | to the ground | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **stand** | past · progressive | roses *= rose* | a handsome man | | there | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 5 | **garment** | participle | | a handsome man *not said here* | | gold | | completely *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | gold | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/114/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/)