--- title: The shepherd slyly drew the fish out of his pocket and pretending to… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The shepherd slyly drew the fish out of his pocket and pretending to have caught it, showed it her, and she declared it was the finest she ever saw. Who acts: shepherd, pond, pocket. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (shepherd, pond, pocket), 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:pg14241:33:142 # text = The shepherd slyly drew the fish out of his pocket and pretending to have caught it, showed it her, and she declared it was the finest she ever saw. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 slyly slyly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 out out ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 pretending pretend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 14 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux _ _ 15 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 xcomp _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 xcomp _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 31 advmod _ _ 31 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | the shepherd | the fish | | shepherd's pocket | | slyly *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent fish=Theme out pocket=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **pretend** | gerund | the shepherd *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **catch** | to-infinitive · perfect | the shepherd *not said here* | pocket | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **show** | past | the shepherd *not said here* | pocket | pond | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient it=Topic | | 5 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | pond | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | pocket | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | past | pond | | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/141/) - next →: [sentence 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/143/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/)