--- title: When the shepherd was dragged to the dungeons he begged the guards t… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the shepherd was dragged to the dungeons he begged the guards to leave him alone a little while that he might look down into the pit of scythes; perhaps he might after all make up his mind to say “To your good health” to the king. Who acts: shepherd. 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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), 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:pg2435:3:105 # text = When the shepherd was dragged to the dungeons he begged the guards to leave him alone a little while that he might look down into the pit of scythes; perhaps he might after all make up his mind to say “To your good health” to the king. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 dragged drag VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 dungeons dungeon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 alone alone ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 19 while while SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 24 down down ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 scythes scythe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 after after ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 33 obl _ _ 36 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 42 “ " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 To to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drag** | past · passive | | the shepherd | | the dungeons | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to dungeon=Destination | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | shepherd | the guards | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | shepherd | | | | a little *obl:unmarked*; alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **look down** | might | shepherd | | | | | into the pit of scythes; down *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into pit=Theme | | 5 | **make up** | might | shepherd *not said here* | shepherd's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | shepherd *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **mind** | | shepherd | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: 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:** «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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/106/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/)