--- title: “I must go now,” said the bear, pulling the sleepy prince on to his… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I must go now,” said the bear, pulling the sleepy prince on to his feet; “but first you shall cut off the tip of my ear, and when you are in any danger just wish yourself a bear and you will become one. Who acts: bear, you. 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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, you), 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:pg3282:18:20 # text = “I must go now,” said the bear, pulling the sleepy prince on to his feet; “but first you shall cut off the tip of my ear, and when you are in any danger just wish yourself a bear and you will become one. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 pulling pull VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 sleepy sleepy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 26 advmod _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 27 off off ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 tip tip NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 when when SCONJ WRB _ 40 mark _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ _ 41 just just ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 wish wish VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 43 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 42 iobj _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 50 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | must | the bear *= bear* | | | | now | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the bear | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **pull** | gerund | the bear *not said here* | the sleepy prince | | bear's feet | | | tree rules | | 4 | **cut off** *in a quote* | shall | you | the tip of my ear | | | | first *property* | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector tip=Eventuality | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | any danger | | | tree rules | | 6 | **wish** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a bear | yourself | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **become** *in a quote* | future | you | one | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient one=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:** «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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/18/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/18/21/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/18/)