--- title: As he ran up, the mountain opened to admit the bear, and the boy, wh… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As he ran up, the mountain opened to admit the bear, and the boy, who was close on his heels, rushed in after him, and did not know where he was till he saw bears sitting on every side of him, holding a council. Who acts: bear, mountain, boy, bears. 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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, mountain, boy, bears), 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:pg3282:14:73 # text = As he ran up, the mountain opened to admit the bear, and the boy, who was close on his heels, rushed in after him, and did not know where he was till he saw bears sitting on every side of him, holding a council. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 admit admit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 on on 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 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 rushed rush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 26 in in ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 after after ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 39 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 till till SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 40 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 41 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 acl _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 44 det _ _ 44 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run up** | past | bear | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **open** | past | the mountain | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **admit** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the mountain *not said here* | the bear | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | the boy | | | bear's heels | | close *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **rush in** | participle | the boy *not said here* | | | | after bear | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | the mountain *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | past | bear | | | | | see *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **sit** | gerund | bears *not said here* | | | every side of bear | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location | | 9 | **hold** | gerund | bears *not said here* | a council | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent council=Theme | 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:** «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/14/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/14/74/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/14/)