More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 9, sentence 39

_" So then the Bears came and wondered what they should do with him; and the big Bear said, "Let's hang him!" and then the middling Bear said, "Let's drown him!" and then the little Bear said, "Let's throw him out of the window."

Who acts: Bears, big Bear, 's, middling Bear, little Bear · What happens: come, wonder, do, say, let, hang · To what, where: 's, BEEN, window · 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, 's, middling 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	_	_	PUNCT	_	7 came	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 came	punct
3	So	so	ADV	_	7 came	advmod
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 came	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Bears	det
6	Bears	Bear	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 came	nsubj
7	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wondered	cc
9	wondered	wonder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 came	conj
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 do	obj
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 do	nsubj
12	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 do	aux
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 wondered	ccomp
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 do	obl
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 said	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 said	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Bear	det
19	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 Bear	amod
20	Bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 said	nsubj
21	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 came	parataxis
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 Let	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 Let	punct
24	Let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 said	ccomp
25	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	24 Let	obj
26	hang	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 Let	xcomp
27	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 hang	obj
28	!	!	PUNCT	_	24 Let	punct
29	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 Let	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 said	cc
31	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	35 said	advmod
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 Bear	det
33	middling	middling	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 Bear	compound
34	Bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 said	nsubj
35	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 said	conj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 Let	punct
37	"	"	PUNCT	_	38 Let	punct
38	Let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 said	ccomp
39	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	38 Let	obj
40	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 Let	xcomp
41	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 drown	obj
42	!	!	PUNCT	_	38 Let	punct
43	"	"	PUNCT	_	38 Let	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 said	cc
45	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	49 said	advmod
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 Bear	det
47	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 Bear	amod
48	Bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 said	nsubj
49	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 said	conj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 Let	punct
51	"	"	PUNCT	_	52 Let	punct
52	Let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 said	ccomp
53	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	52 Let	obj
54	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 Let	xcomp
55	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 throw	obj
56	out	out	ADP	_	59 window	case
57	of	of	ADP	_	59 window	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 window	det
59	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 throw	obl
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	52 Let	punct
61	"	"	PUNCT	_	52 Let	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in a quote	past	the Bears			then		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	wonder speech: ask in a quote	past	the Bears not said here					vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	do in a quote	should	Bears = bear				with BEEN	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
4	say speech: assert in a quote	past	the big Bear					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	let	infinitive		's				tree rules
6	hang	infinitive	's not said here	BEEN				vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
7	say speech: assert in a quote	past	the middling Bear			then		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	let	infinitive		's				tree rules
9	drown	infinitive	's not said here	BEEN				vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
10	say speech: assert in a quote	past	the little Bear			then		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
11	let	infinitive		's				tree rules
12	throw	infinitive	's not said here	BEEN	the window			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme out window=Destination

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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