--- title: When she heard what the shepherd said she could not help laughing, f… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When she heard what the shepherd said she could not help laughing, for there is no denying the fact that this young shepherd with the staring eyes pleased her very much; indeed he pleased her better than any king’s son she had yet seen. Who acts: wife, shepherd, denying fact. 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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 (wife, shepherd, denying fact), 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:pg2435:3:84 # text = When she heard what the shepherd said she could not help laughing, for there is no denying the fact that this young shepherd with the staring eyes pleased her very much; indeed he pleased her better than any king’s son she had yet seen. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 12 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 20 det _ _ 18 denying deny VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 amod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 23 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 staring staring NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 29 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 acl _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 31 very very ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 much much ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 34 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 parataxis _ _ 39 than than ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 41 det _ _ 41 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 yet yet ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | wife | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the shepherd | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **help** | could | wife | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **laugh** *not said to happen* | gerund | wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **be** | present | no denying fact | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **deny** | gerund | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **see** | past · perfect | wife | any king's son *not said here* | | | yet | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/85/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/)