--- title: So one Sunday the White Bear came and said that they could now set o… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So one Sunday the White Bear came and said that they could now set out to see her father and mother, and they journeyed thither, she sitting on his back, and they went a long, long way, and it took a long, long time; but at last they came to a large white farmhouse, and her brothers and sisters were --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/27/) [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/) / 27 # The Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, sentence 27 So one Sunday the White Bear came and said that they could now set out to see her father and mother, and they journeyed thither, she sitting on his back, and they went a long, long way, and it took a long, long time; but at last they came to a large white farmhouse, and her brothers and sisters were running about outside it, playing, and it was so pretty that it was a pleasure to look at it. **Who acts:** one Sunday, others, cure, it, brothers, farmhouse · **What happens:** come, say, set out, see, journey, sit · **To what, where:** father, back, long long way, last, farmhouse, pleasure · **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 (one Sunday, others, cure, it), 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:pg503:4:27 # text = So one Sunday the White Bear came and said that they could now set out to see her father and mother, and they journeyed thither, she sitting on his back, and they went a long, long way, and it took a long, long time; but at last they came to a large white farmhouse, and her brothers and sisters were running about outside it, playing, and it was so pretty that it was a pleasure to look at it. 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 Sunday Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 White White ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 Bear Bear PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 14 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 15 out out ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 journeyed journey VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 26 thither thither ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 38 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 47 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 49 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 but but CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 at at ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 obl _ _ 55 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 59 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 60 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 farmhouse farmhouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 64 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 nsubj _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 conj _ _ 68 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 69 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 56 advcl _ _ 70 about about ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 71 outside outside ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 74 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 69 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 76 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 77 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 80 nsubj _ _ 78 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 80 cop _ _ 79 so so ADV RB _ 80 advmod _ _ 80 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 81 that that SCONJ IN _ 85 mark _ _ 82 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 85 expl _ _ 83 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 85 cop _ _ 84 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 85 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 parataxis _ _ 86 to to PART TO _ 87 mark _ _ 87 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 85 acl _ _ 88 at at ADP IN _ 89 case _ _ 89 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 87 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 90 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | one Sunday | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one Sunday *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **set out** | could | others *= other* | | | | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | others *= other* *not said here* | cure's father and mother | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer father=Stimulus | | 5 | **journey** | past | others *= other* | | | | | thither *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **sit** | gerund | cure | | | bear's back | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on back=Location | | 7 | **go** | past | others *= other* | a long long way | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **take** | past | it | | | | time | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **come** | past | others *= other* | | | last | | to a large white farmhouse | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to farmhouse=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **run about** | past · progressive | cure's brothers and sisters | | | farmhouse | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside it=Trajectory | | 11 | **play** | gerund | cure's brothers and sisters *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **is** | past | farmhouse | | | | | pretty *property* | tree rules | | 13 | **is a** | past | | a pleasure | | | | | tree rules | | 14 | **look** | to-infinitive | farmhouse *not said here* | | | | | at farmhouse | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=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 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/28/) - ↑ back to [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/)