--- title: But it was not sacks that the sheep wanted; for as soon as the jacka… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But it was not sacks that the sheep wanted; for as soon as the jackal could no longer see her she set forth at her best pace to the home of the greyhound, where she arrived panting with the haste she had made. Who acts: share, sheep, jackal, silence. 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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 (share, sheep, jackal, silence), 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:pg3027:19:46 # text = But it was not sacks that the sheep wanted; for as soon as the jackal could no longer see her she set forth at her best pace to the home of the greyhound, where she arrived panting with the haste she had made. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 sacks sack NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 as as ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 jackal jackal NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 no no ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 20 advmod _ _ 20 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 24 forth forth ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 28 amod _ _ 28 pace pace NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 greyhound greyhound NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 panting pant VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 xcomp _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | past | share | sacks | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | past | the sheep | sacks | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot that=Theme | | 3 | **see** | could | the jackal | silence | | | | long *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 4 | **set** | past | silence | | | | | at silence's best pace; to the home of the greyhound; forth, soon *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at pace=Destination | | 5 | **arrive** | past | silence | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **pant** | gerund | silence *not said here* | | | | | with the haste | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **make** | past · perfect | silence | the haste *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent haste=Product | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/19/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/19/47/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/19/)