--- title: He knew quite well by the paws and tail that it was a greyhound and… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He knew quite well by the paws and tail that it was a greyhound and not a sheep, that the shepherd had sold them; and as he could not tell what turn affairs might take, he resolved to get out of the way. Who acts: hedgehog, rope, turn affairs. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/18/43/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/18/) / 43 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 18, sentence 43 He knew quite well by the paws and tail that it was a greyhound and not a sheep, that the shepherd had sold them; and as he could not tell what turn affairs might take, he resolved to get out of the way. **Who acts:** hedgehog, rope, turn affairs · **What happens:** know, be, sell, not tell, take, resolve · **To what, where:** greyhound, shepherd, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hedgehog, rope, turn affairs), 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:pg3027:18:43 # text = He knew quite well by the paws and tail that it was a greyhound and not a sheep, that the shepherd had sold them; and as he could not tell what turn affairs might take, he resolved to get out of the way. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 quite quite ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 paws paw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 greyhound greyhound NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 32 obj _ _ 34 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 36 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 out out ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | hedgehog | | | | | by the paws and tail; well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | past | rope | a greyhound and a sheep | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sell** | past · perfect · passive | | the shepherd | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient they=Theme | | 4 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | could | hedgehog | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | | 5 | **take** | might | turn affairs | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **resolve** | past | hedgehog | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **get out** | to-infinitive | hedgehog *not said here* | the way | | | | | tree rules | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/18/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/18/44/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/18/)