--- title: A SHEPHERD penning his sheep in the fold for the night was about to… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: A SHEPHERD penning his sheep in the fold for the night was about to shut up a wolf with them, when his Dog perceiving the wolf said, “Master, how can you expect the sheep to be safe if you admit a wolf into the fold?” Who acts: SHEPHERD, Dog, you. 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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, Dog, you), 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:pg21:10:39 # text = A SHEPHERD penning his sheep in the fold for the night was about to shut up a wolf with them, when his Dog perceiving the wolf said, “Master, how can you expect the sheep to be safe if you admit a wolf into the fold?” 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 SHEPHERD shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 3 penning pen VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fold fold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 shut shut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 25 perceiving perceive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 34 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 expect expect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl:relcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 41 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 advcl _ _ 42 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 admit admit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 into into ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 fold fold NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ? ? PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pen** | gerund | a SHEPHERD *not said here* | Hound's sheep | | the fold | night | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme in fold=Destination | | 2 | **is** | past | a SHEPHERD | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **shut up** | to-infinitive | a SHEPHERD *not said here* | a wolf | | | | with shepherds *= shepherd* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent wolf=Patient with they=Instrument | | 4 | **perceive** | gerund | Hound's Dog *not said here* | the wolf | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer wolf=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Hound's Dog | Master | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent master=Topic | | 6 | **expect** *in a quote* | can | you | the sheep | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **admit** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | a wolf | | the fold | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme | 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:** «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Project Gutenberg book 21 (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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/40/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/)