--- title: The Shepherd-boy, now really alarmed, shouted in an agony of terror:… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Shepherd-boy, now really alarmed, shouted in an agony of terror: “Pray, do come and help me; the Wolf is killing the sheep;” but no one paid any heed to his cries, nor rendered any assistance. Who acts: Wolf, Shepherd boy. 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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 (Wolf, Shepherd boy), 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:pg21:5:47 # text = The Shepherd-boy, now really alarmed, shouted in an agony of terror: “Pray, do come and help me; the Wolf is killing the sheep;” but no one paid any heed to his cries, nor rendered any assistance. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 7 really really ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 alarmed alarm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 shouted shout VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 agony agony NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Pray pray VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 help help VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 killing kill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ” " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 36 det _ _ 36 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 37 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 38 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 39 det _ _ 39 heed heed NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 cries cry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 45 cc _ _ 45 rendered render VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 46 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 47 det _ _ 47 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **alarm** | participle | | the Shepherd boy but no one *not said here* | | | now | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | participle | | | | a agony of terror | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pray** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **help** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | a village *= village* | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | | 6 | **kill** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the Wolf | the sheep | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme | | 7 | **pay** | past | the Shepherd boy but no one | any heed | | | | to Wolf's cries | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heed=Asset | | 8 | **render** | past | the Shepherd boy but no one *not said here* | any assistance | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme | | 9 | **cry** | | Wolf | | | | | | nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/48/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/)