--- title: “I wonder how it feels to be a bear,” thought he to himself when he… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I wonder how it feels to be a bear,” thought he to himself when he had walked a little way; and he took out the tip from the breast of his coat and wished hard that he might become a bear. Who acts: I, turn, bear. 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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 (I, turn, 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:pg3282:18:23 # text = “I wonder how it feels to be a bear,” thought he to himself when he had walked a little way; and he took out the tip from the breast of his coat and wished hard that he might become a bear. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wonder wonder VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 13 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obl _ _ 17 when when SCONJ WRB _ 20 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 walked walk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 28 out out ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 tip tip NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 39 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **feel** *in a quote* | present | turn | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | turn *not said here* | a bear | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | bear | bear | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute clause=Theme | | 5 | **walk** | past · perfect | bear | a little way | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **take out** | past | bear | the tip | | the breast of bear's coat | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent tip=Theme from breast=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **wish** | past | bear *not said here* | | | | | hard *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **become** | might | bear | a bear | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/18/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/18/24/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/18/)