--- title: The bear did not like being told that he was not as brave as a bird,… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The bear did not like being told that he was not as brave as a bird, so he set his teeth and resolved to endure anything sooner than speak again; but by this time the last willow band had burned through, and with a push the fox sent his victim tumbling into the grass, and ran off to hide himself in --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / [The Brown Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/) / 9 # The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 27, sentence 9 The bear did not like being told that he was not as brave as a bird, so he set his teeth and resolved to endure anything sooner than speak again; but by this time the last willow band had burned through, and with a push the fox sent his victim tumbling into the grass, and ran off to hide himself in the forest. **Who acts:** bear, fox, victim · **What happens:** not like, tell, not be, set, resolve, endure · **To what, where:** teeth, anything, last willow band, victim, grass, fox · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 27. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bear, fox, victim), 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:pg3282:27:9 # text = The bear did not like being told that he was not as brave as a bird, so he set his teeth and resolved to endure anything sooner than speak again; but by this time the last willow band had burned through, and with a push the fox sent his victim tumbling into the grass, and ran off to hide himself in the forest. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 as as ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advcl _ _ 14 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 endure endure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 26 obj _ _ 28 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 26 advmod _ _ 29 than than SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 30 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 31 again again ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 willow willow NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 43 through through ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 push push NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 victim victim NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 tumbling tumble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 53 acl _ _ 55 into into ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 61 off off ADP RP _ 60 compound:prt _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 advcl _ _ 64 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 63 obj _ _ 65 in in ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | the bear | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | gerund · passive | the bear *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | fox | | | | | as a bird; brave *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **set** | past | fox | fox's teeth | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient tooth=Result | | 5 | **resolve** | past | fox *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **endure** | to-infinitive | fox *not said here* | anything | | | | soon *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme anything=Circumstance | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | fox *not said here* | | | | again | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **burn through** | past · perfect · passive | | the last willow band | | | time | through *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **send** | past | the fox | fox's victim | | | | with a push | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victim=Theme | | 10 | **tumble** | gerund | fox's victim *not said here* | | | the grass | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into grass=Initial\_Location | | 11 | **run off** | past | the fox *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **hide** | to-infinitive | the fox *not said here* | fox | | the forest | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in forest=Location | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/10/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/)