--- title: The shepherd would have given anything to be able to laugh, they loo… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The shepherd would have given anything to be able to laugh, they looked so funny; but he dared not stop playing, for he knew well enough that the moment he stopped they would fall upon him and tear him to pieces. Who acts: boars, shepherd, moment. 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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 (boars, shepherd, moment), 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:pg2435:3:97 # text = The shepherd would have given anything to be able to laugh, they looked so funny; but he dared not stop playing, for he knew well enough that the moment he stopped they would fall upon him and tear him to pieces. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 9 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 acl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 22 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 23 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 28 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 29 enough enough ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 38 upon upon ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 tear tear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | would · perfect · passive | | the shepherd | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient anything=Theme | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **laugh** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **look** | past | boars *= boar* | | | | | funny *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **stop** | past | shepherd | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **play** | gerund | shepherd *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **know** | past | shepherd | | | | | enough, well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **stop** | past | shepherd | the moment *not said here* | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector moment=Eventuality | | 9 | **fall** | would | the moment | | | | | upon shepherd | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon he=Location | | 10 | **tear** | infinitive | the moment *not said here* | shepherd | | | | to pieces *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Patient to piece=Result | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/98/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/)