--- title: The bear said: ‘Here, children, knock the snow out of my coat a litt… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The bear said: ‘Here, children, knock the snow out of my coat a little’; so they brought the broom and swept the bear’s hide clean; and he stretched himself by the fire and growled contentedly and comfortably. Who acts: bear, children. 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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, children), 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:pg2591:60:29 # text = The bear said: ‘Here, children, knock the snow out of my coat a little’; so they brought the broom and swept the bear’s hide clean; and he stretched himself by the fire and growled contentedly and comfortably. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 knock knock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 out out ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’ ' NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 broom broom NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 swept sweep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 hide hide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 32 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 37 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obj _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 growled growl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 43 contentedly contentedly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 comfortably comfortably ADV RB _ 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the bear | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **knock** | infinitive | the bear *not said here* | the snow | | my coat a little ’ | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent snow=Theme out coat=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **bring** | past | children *= child* | the broom | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent broom=Theme | | 4 | **sweep** | past | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **hide** | present | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | clean *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **stretch** | past | bear | bear | | | | by the fire | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 7 | **growl** | past | bear *not said here* | | | | | contentedly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/30/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/)