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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bear	det
2	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 like	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 like	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 like	advmod
5	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 told	aux:pass
7	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 like	xcomp
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 brave	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 brave	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 brave	cop
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 brave	advmod
12	as	as	ADV	_	13 brave	advmod
13	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 told	advcl
14	as	as	ADP	_	16 bird	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 bird	det
16	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 brave	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 set	punct
18	so	so	ADV	_	20 set	advmod
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 set	nsubj
20	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 told	parataxis
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 teeth	nmod:poss
22	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 set	obj
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 resolved	cc
24	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 set	conj
25	to	to	PART	_	26 endure	mark
26	endure	endure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 resolved	xcomp
27	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	26 endure	obj
28	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	26 endure	advmod
29	than	than	SCONJ	_	30 speak	mark
30	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 sooner	advcl
31	again	again	ADV	_	30 speak	advmod
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 burned	punct
33	but	but	CCONJ	_	42 burned	cc
34	by	by	ADP	_	36 time	case
35	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	36 time	det
36	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 burned	obl
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 band	det
38	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 band	amod
39	willow	willow	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 band	compound
40	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 burned	nsubj:pass
41	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 burned	aux
42	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 like	conj
43	through	through	ADV	_	42 burned	advmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 sent	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 sent	cc
46	with	with	ADP	_	48 push	case
47	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 push	det
48	push	push	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 sent	obl
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 fox	det
50	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 sent	nsubj
51	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 like	parataxis
52	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 victim	nmod:poss
53	victim	victim	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 sent	obj
54	tumbling	tumble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	53 victim	acl
55	into	into	ADP	_	57 grass	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 grass	det
57	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 tumbling	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 ran	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 ran	cc
60	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 sent	conj
61	off	off	ADP	_	60 ran	compound:prt
62	to	to	PART	_	63 hide	mark
63	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	60 ran	advcl
64	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	63 hide	obj
65	in	in	ADP	_	67 forest	case
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 forest	det
67	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 hide	obl
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 like	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, 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.

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