--- title: Then the White Bear asked what it was that she wanted, and she told… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the White Bear asked what it was that she wanted, and she told him that it was so dull there in the mountain, and that she had to go about all alone, and that in her parents’ house at home there were all her brothers and sisters, and it was because she could not go to them that she was so sorro --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/25/) [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 Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/) / 25 # The Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, sentence 25 Then the White Bear asked what it was that she wanted, and she told him that it was so dull there in the mountain, and that she had to go about all alone, and that in her parents’ house at home there were all her brothers and sisters, and it was because she could not go to them that she was so sorrowful. **Who acts:** White Bear, daylight, door · **What happens:** ask, be, tell, have, go, not be · **To what, where:** bear, mountain, brothers, sisters · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, East of the Sun and West of the Moon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (White Bear, daylight, door), 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:pg503:4:25 # text = Then the White Bear asked what it was that she wanted, and she told him that it was so dull there in the mountain, and that she had to go about all alone, and that in her parents’ house at home there were all her brothers and sisters, and it was because she could not go to them that she was so sorrowful. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Bear Bear PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 dull dull ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 22 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 about about ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 obl _ _ 35 alone alone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 47 expl _ _ 47 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 48 all all ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 49 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 57 because because SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 58 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 59 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 60 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 61 advmod _ _ 61 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obl _ _ 64 that that SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 65 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 66 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 67 so so ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 68 sorrowful sorrowful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the White Bear | | | | then | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | past | daylight | | | | | want *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | door | | bear | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **is** *not said to happen* | past | daylight | | | the mountain; there | | dull *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | past | door | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | door *not said here* | | | | | about all | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about all=Location | | 7 | **is a** | past | | door's brothers and sisters | | | | all *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **is** | could · past | daylight | | sisters *= sister* | | | go *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | past | door | | | | | sorrowful *property* | tree rules | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/26/) - ↑ back to [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/)