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More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 9, sentence 36

And after a time the Bears came home, and when they got into the hall the big Bear went to his chair and said, "WHO'S BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR?" and the middling Bear said, "WHO'S BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR?" and the little Bear said, "_Who's been sitting in my chair and has broken it all to pieces?

Who acts: Bears, big Bear, middling Bear, little Bear · What happens: come, get, go, say, sit, break · To what, where: hall, chair, room · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Bears, big Bear, middling Bear, little 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

cccasedetobldetnsubjadvmodpunctccadvmodnsubjadvclcasedetobldetamodnsubjconjcasenmod:possoblccconjpunctpunctnsubjauxnsubjccompcasenmod:possoblpunctpunctccdetcompoundnsubjconjpunctpunctnsubjauxnsubjccompcasenmod:possoblpunctpunctccdetamodnsubjconjpunctpunctpunctnsubjauxauxccompcasenmod:possoblccauxconjobjdetcaseoblpunctrootAndCCONJafterADPaDETtimeNOUNtheDETBearsPROPNcameVERBhomeADV,PUNCTandCCONJwhenADVtheyPRONgotVERBintoADPtheDEThallNOUNtheDETbigADJBearNOUNwentVERBtoADPhisPRONchairNOUNandCCONJsaidVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTWHOPRON'SAUXBEENPROPNSITTINGVERBINADPMYPRONCHAIRNOUN?PUNCT"PUNCTandCCONJtheDETmiddlingNOUNBearNOUNsaidVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTWHOPRON'SAUXBEENPROPNSITTINGVERBINADPMYPRONCHAIRNOUN?PUNCT"PUNCTandCCONJtheDETlittleADJBearNOUNsaidVERB,PUNCT"PUNCT_PUNCTWhoPRON'sAUXbeenAUXsittingVERBinADPmyPRONchairNOUNandCCONJhasAUXbrokenVERBitPRONallDETtoADPpiecesNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_7 camecc
2afterafterADP_4 timecase
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 timedet
4timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing7 cameobl
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 Bearsdet
6BearsBearPROPNNumber=Plur7 camensubj
7camecomeVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8homehomeADV_7 cameadvmod
9,,PUNCT_20 wentpunct
10andandCCONJ_20 wentcc
11whenwhenADVPronType=Int13 gotadvmod
12theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs13 gotnsubj
13gotgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 wentadvcl
14intointoADP_16 hallcase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 halldet
16hallhallNOUNNumber=Sing13 gotobl
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 Beardet
18bigbigADJDegree=Pos19 Bearamod
19BearbearNOUNNumber=Sing20 wentnsubj
20wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 cameconj
21totoADP_23 chaircase
22hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 chairnmod:poss
23chairchairNOUNNumber=Sing20 wentobl
24andandCCONJ_25 saidcc
25saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 wentconj
26,,PUNCT_31 SITTINGpunct
27""PUNCT_31 SITTINGpunct
28WHOwhoPRONPronType=Rel31 SITTINGnsubj
29'SbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin31 SITTINGaux
30BEENBEENPROPNNumber=Sing31 SITTINGnsubj
31SITTINGsitVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part25 saidccomp
32INinADP_34 CHAIRcase
33MYmyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 CHAIRnmod:poss
34CHAIRchairNOUNNumber=Sing31 SITTINGobl
35??PUNCT_31 SITTINGpunct
36""PUNCT_31 SITTINGpunct
37andandCCONJ_41 saidcc
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 Beardet
39middlingmiddlingNOUNNumber=Sing40 Bearcompound
40BearbearNOUNNumber=Sing41 saidnsubj
41saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 wentconj
42,,PUNCT_47 SITTINGpunct
43""PUNCT_47 SITTINGpunct
44WHOwhoPRONPronType=Rel47 SITTINGnsubj
45'SbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin47 SITTINGaux
46BEENBEENPROPNNumber=Sing47 SITTINGnsubj
47SITTINGsitVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part41 saidccomp
48INinADP_50 CHAIRcase
49MYmyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs50 CHAIRnmod:poss
50CHAIRchairNOUNNumber=Sing47 SITTINGobl
51??PUNCT_47 SITTINGpunct
52""PUNCT_47 SITTINGpunct
53andandCCONJ_57 saidcc
54thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art56 Beardet
55littlelittleADJDegree=Pos56 Bearamod
56BearbearNOUNNumber=Sing57 saidnsubj
57saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin41 saidconj
58,,PUNCT_64 sittingpunct
59""PUNCT_64 sittingpunct
60__PUNCT_64 sittingpunct
61WhowhoPRONPronType=Rel64 sittingnsubj
62'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin64 sittingaux
63beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part64 sittingaux
64sittingsitVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part57 saidccomp
65ininADP_67 chaircase
66mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs67 chairnmod:poss
67chairchairNOUNNumber=Sing64 sittingobl
68andandCCONJ_70 brokencc
69hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin70 brokenaux
70brokenbreakVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass64 sittingconj
71ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs70 brokenobj
72allallDETPronType=Tot71 itdet
73totoADP_74 piecescase
74piecespieceNOUNNumber=Plur70 brokenobl
75??PUNCT_7 camepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepastthe Bearstimehome propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2getpastBears = bearthe hallvn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into hall=Destination
3gopastthe big BearScrapefoot's chairvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to chair=Initial_Location
4say speech: askpastthe big Bear not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5sit in a quotepresent · progressiveMY CHAIRvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chair=Location
6say speech: askpastthe middling Bearvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7sit in a quotepresent · progressiveMY CHAIRvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chair=Location
8say speech: askpastthe little Bearvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
9sit in a quotepresent · progressivemy chairvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chair=Location
10break in a quotepresent · perfectroomto pieces resultvn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient to piece=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: «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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