--- title: He listened in silence, and then returned to the castle, where he pu… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He listened in silence, and then returned to the castle, where he put on a suit of shepherd’s clothes, and taking a staff in his hand, he went forth to seek a place as tender of sheep. Who acts: Dragon. 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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 (Dragon), 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:pg2435:8:77 # text = He listened in silence, and then returned to the castle, where he put on a suit of shepherd’s clothes, and taking a staff in his hand, he went forth to seek a place as tender of sheep. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 suit suit NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’s 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 34 forth forth ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 tender tender NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | past | Dragon | | | | | in silence | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in silence=Theme | | 2 | **return** | past | Dragon *not said here* | | | | then | to the castle *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to castle=Result | | 3 | **put** | past | Dragon | | | a suit of shepherd's clothes | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on suit=Destination | | 4 | **take** | gerund | Dragon *not said here* | a staff | | Dragon's hand | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent staff=Value in hand=Location | | 5 | **go** | past | Dragon | | | | | forth *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **seek** | to-infinitive | Dragon *not said here* | a place | | | | as tender of sheep | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 7 | **tender** | | | sheep | | | | | nom tender «possession 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/78/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/)