--- title: Rasmus was quite content to look after sheep, as his father had done… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Rasmus was quite content to look after sheep, as his father had done before him, but Niels had a fancy to be a hunter, and was not happy till he got hold of a gun and learned to shoot. Who acts: Rasmus, father, Niels. 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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 (Rasmus, father, Niels), 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:pg2435:29:107 # text = Rasmus was quite content to look after sheep, as his father had done before him, but Niels had a fancy to be a hunter, and was not happy till he got hold of a gun and learned to shoot. 1 Rasmus Rasmus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 quite quite ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 content content ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 15 before before ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 Niels Niels PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 fancy fancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 32 till till SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 35 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Rasmus | | | | | content *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | Rasmus *not said here* | | | | after sheep | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect | Rasmus's father | | | | before Rasmus | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** | past | Niels | a fancy | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fancy=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | to-infinitive | Niels *not said here* | a hunter | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **is** | past | | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **get** | past | Rasmus | hold of a gun | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hold=Stimulus | | 8 | **learn** | past | Rasmus *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **shoot** | to-infinitive | Rasmus *not said here* | | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **hold** | | | a gun | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/29/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/29/108/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/29/)