--- title: The Shepherds discovered him, and some threw sticks at him and pelte… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Shepherds discovered him, and some threw sticks at him and pelted him with stones, while others, moved with compassion towards one about to die even though no one should hurt him, threw in some food to prolong his life. Who acts: Shepherds, some, others, one. 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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 (Shepherds, some, others, one), 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:pg21:16:19 # text = The Shepherds discovered him, and some threw sticks at him and pelted him with stones, while others, moved with compassion towards one about to die even though no one should hurt him, threw in some food to prolong his life. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Shepherds shepherd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 nsubj _ _ 8 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 pelted pelt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 while while SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 parataxis _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 compassion compassion NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 24 towards towards ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 obl _ _ 26 about about ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 29 even even ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 30 though though SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 32 det _ _ 32 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 prolong prolong VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discover** | past | the Shepherds | mischance | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 2 | **throw** | past | some | sticks | | | | at Shepherd | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stick=Theme at he=Destination | | 3 | **pelt** | past | the Shepherds *not said here* | | mischance | | | with stones | vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Destination with stone=Theme | | 4 | **move** | participle | others | | | | | with compassion; towards one | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards one=Trajectory | | 5 | **die** | to-infinitive | others *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **hurt** | should | no one | mischance | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient | | 7 | **throw** | past | | | | some food | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in food=Destination | | 8 | **prolong** | to-infinitive | | Shepherd's life | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent life=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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/16/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/16/20/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/16/)