--- title: But, after they had gone, the shepherd killed one of his sheep, and… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But, after they had gone, the shepherd killed one of his sheep, and stripped off his skin, which he sewed tightly round a greyhound he had with him, and put a cord round its neck. Who acts: jackals, shepherd, skin. 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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 (jackals, shepherd, skin), 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:pg3027:18:24 # text = But, after they had gone, the shepherd killed one of his sheep, and stripped off his skin, which he sewed tightly round a greyhound he had with him, and put a cord round its neck. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 after after SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 obj _ _ 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 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 stripped strip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 18 off off ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 sewed sew VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 tightly tightly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 round round ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 greyhound greyhound NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 round round ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · perfect | jackals *= jackal* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **kill** | past | the shepherd | one of shepherd's sheep | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 3 | **strip off** | past | the shepherd *not said here* | shepherd's skin | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient | | 4 | **sew** | past | shepherd's skin | | | | | round a greyhound; tightly *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme round greyhound=Destination | | 5 | **have** | past | shepherd | a greyhound *not said here* | | | | with greyhound | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greyhound=Patient | | 6 | **put** | infinitive | | a cord | | | | round cord's neck | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent cord=Goal | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/18/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/18/25/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/18/)