--- title: But the shepherd took a little flute out of the sleeve of his jacket… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the shepherd took a little flute out of the sleeve of his jacket and began to play a merry tune, on which the wild boars first of all shrank shyly away, and then got up on their hind legs and danced gaily. Who acts: shepherd, wild boars. 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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, wild boars), 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:pg2435:3:96 # text = But the shepherd took a little flute out of the sleeve of his jacket and began to play a merry tune, on which the wild boars first of all shrank shyly away, and then got up on their hind legs and danced gaily. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 out out ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sleeve sleeve NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 jacket jacket NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 tune tune NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 boars boar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 28 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 27 advmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 27 nmod _ _ 31 shrank shrink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 32 shyly shyly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 away away ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 37 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 hind hind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 45 gaily gaily ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the shepherd | a little flute | | the sleeve of shepherd's jacket | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent flute=Theme out sleeve=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **begin** | past | the shepherd *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **play** | to-infinitive | the shepherd *not said here* | a merry tune | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Theme | | 4 | **shrink** | past | the wild boars of all | | | | | away *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **get up** | past | | | | boars's hind legs | then | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on leg=Source | | 6 | **dance** | past | | | | | | gaily *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=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:** «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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/97/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/)