--- title: And after a time the Bears came home, and when they got into the hal… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And after a time the Bears came home, and when they got into the hall the big Bear went to his chair and said, "WHO'S BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR?" and the middling Bear said, "WHO'S BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR?" and the little Bear said, "_Who's been sitting in my chair and has broken it all to pieces? 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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 (Bears, big Bear, middling Bear, little Bear), 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:pg14241:23:36 # text = And after a time the Bears came home, and when they got into the hall the big Bear went to his chair and said, "WHO'S BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR?" and the middling Bear said, "WHO'S BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR?" and the little Bear said, "_Who's been sitting in my chair and has broken it all to pieces? 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Bears Bear PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 home home ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 WHO who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 'S be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 BEEN BEEN PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 SITTING sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 ccomp _ _ 32 IN in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 MY my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 CHAIR chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ? ? PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 middling middling NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 WHO who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 'S be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 BEEN BEEN PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 SITTING sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 ccomp _ _ 48 IN in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 MY my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 CHAIR chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ? ? PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 57 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 59 " " PUNCT `` _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 64 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 63 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 64 aux _ _ 64 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 57 ccomp _ _ 65 in in ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 69 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 70 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 64 conj _ _ 71 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 obj _ _ 72 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 71 det _ _ 73 to to ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the Bears | | | | time | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past | Bears *= bear* | | | the hall | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into hall=Destination | | 3 | **go** | past | the big Bear | | | Scrapefoot's chair | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to chair=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the big Bear *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **sit** *in a quote* | present · progressive | | | | MY CHAIR | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chair=Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the middling Bear | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **sit** *in a quote* | present · progressive | | | | MY CHAIR | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chair=Location | | 8 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the little Bear | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **sit** *in a quote* | present · progressive | | | | my chair | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chair=Location | | 10 | **break** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | room | | | | to pieces *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient to piece=Result | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/37/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/)