--- title: The bear began speaking, and said, "Do not be afraid; I will not do… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The bear began speaking, and said, "Do not be afraid; I will not do you any harm; I am half-frozen and would like to warm myself a little at your fire." Who acts: bear, your. 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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, your), 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:pg11027:23:25 # text = The bear began speaking, and said, "Do not be afraid; I will not do you any harm; I am half-frozen and would like to warm myself a little at your fire." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 13 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 21 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 24 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 25 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 warm warm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 obl _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the bear | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | the bear *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the bear *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | future | the bear *= bear* | any harm | you | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **freeze** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the bear *= bear* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | | 7 | **like** *in a quote* | would | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **warm** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the bear *= bear* | | your fire | | a little *obl* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent myself=Patient | | 9 | **fire** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom fire «event 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/26/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/)