--- title: It happened that one of the Goats had been left behind, and the Bull… — The Aesop for Children · tree and pragmatics description: It happened that one of the Goats had been left behind, and the Bull had no sooner got inside than this Goat lowered his head and made a rush at him, butting him with his horns. Who acts: It, Bull, Goat. 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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 (It, Bull, Goat), 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:pg19994:98:2 # text = It happened that one of the Goats had been left behind, and the Bull had no sooner got inside than this Goat lowered his head and made a rush at him, butting him with his horns. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Goats Goat PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 11 behind behind ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 18 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 19 advmod _ _ 19 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 20 inside inside ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 than than SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 Goat Goat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 lowered lower VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 rush rush NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 butting butt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | It | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **leave behind** | past · perfect · passive | | the one Goats | | | | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | the Bull | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **get** | past | the Bull *not said here* | | | | | inside, soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **lower** | past | this Goat | Bull's head | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 6 | **make** | past | this Goat *not said here* | a rush | | | | at Bull | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rush=Product | | 7 | **butt** | gerund | this Goat *not said here* | Bull | | | | with Bull's horns | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with horn=Instrument | 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 Aesop for Children» by Aesop, Project Gutenberg book 19994 (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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/98/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/98/3/) - ↑ back to [The Bull and the Goat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/98/)