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title: _" So then the Bears came and wondered what they should do with him;… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: _" So then the Bears came and wondered what they should do with him; and the big Bear said, "Let's hang him!" and then the middling Bear said, "Let's drown him!" and then the little Bear said, "Let's throw him out of the window." Who acts: Bears, big Bear, 's, middling Bear. A sentence of «More Engl
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# More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 9, sentence 39

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\_" So then the Bears came and wondered what they should do with him; and the big Bear said, "Let's hang him!" and then the middling Bear said, "Let's drown him!" and then the little Bear said, "Let's throw him out of the window."

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**Who acts:** Bears, big Bear, 's, middling Bear, little Bear · **What happens:** come, wonder, do, say, let, hang · **To what, where:** 's, BEEN, window · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 9. 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, 's, middling Bear), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg14241:23:39
# text = _" So then the Bears came and wondered what they should do with him; and the big Bear said, "Let's hang him!" and then the middling Bear said, "Let's drown him!" and then the little Bear said, "Let's throw him out of the window."
1	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	_
3	So	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
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	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	wondered	wonder	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obj	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	Bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	Let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	's	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	hang	hang	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	xcomp	_	_
27	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	24	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
31	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	35	advmod	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	middling	middling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	compound	_	_
34	Bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
35	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	Let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	's	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	38	obj	_	_
40	drown	drown	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	xcomp	_	_
41	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	38	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
45	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	49	advmod	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
47	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	Bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nsubj	_	_
49	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
51	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	Let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	's	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	52	obj	_	_
54	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	52	xcomp	_	_
55	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	obj	_	_
56	out	out	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	52	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** *in a quote* | past | the Bears |  |  |  | then |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | the Bears *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **do** *in a quote* | should | Bears *= bear* |  |  |  |  | with BEEN | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the big Bear |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **let** | infinitive |  | 's |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **hang** | infinitive | 's *not said here* | BEEN |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the middling Bear |  |  |  | then |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 8 | **let** | infinitive |  | 's |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **drown** | infinitive | 's *not said here* | BEEN |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 10 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the little Bear |  |  |  | then |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 11 | **let** | infinitive |  | 's |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 12 | **throw** | infinitive | 's *not said here* | BEEN |  | the window |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme out window=Destination |

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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.

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**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.

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