--- title: When the Shepherd returned to find his flock destroyed, he exclaimed… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: When the Shepherd returned to find his flock destroyed, he exclaimed: “I have been rightly served; why did I trust my sheep to a Wolf?” Who acts: Shepherd, flock. 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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, flock), 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:pg21:12:48 # text = When the Shepherd returned to find his flock destroyed, he exclaimed: “I have been rightly served; why did I trust my sheep to a Wolf?” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 destroyed destroy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 17 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 aux:pass _ _ 18 rightly rightly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 22 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 trust trust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ? ? PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ” " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | the Shepherd | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | the Shepherd *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **destroy** | past | Shepherd's flock | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | Shepherd | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **serve** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | Shepherd | | | | rightly *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | | 6 | **trust** *in a quote* | past · do-support | Shepherd | my sheep | a Wolf | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme to wolf=Recipient | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/49/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/)