--- title: He tended the flock so diligently, and knew so well where to lead th… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He tended the flock so diligently, and knew so well where to lead the sheep to the sweetest pastures, and where among the hills to look for any who strayed away, that they too prospered under his care, and not one was lost or torn by wolves; but this new master was a hard man, and begrudged him his --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/30/103/) [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 Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / [The Brown Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/30/) / 103 # The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 30, sentence 103 He tended the flock so diligently, and knew so well where to lead the sheep to the sweetest pastures, and where among the hills to look for any who strayed away, that they too prospered under his care, and not one was lost or torn by wolves; but this new master was a hard man, and begrudged him his well-earned wages. **Who acts:** householder, sheep, new master · **What happens:** tend, know, lead, look, stray away, prosper · **To what, where:** flock, sheep, sweetest pastures, care, one, hard man · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 30. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (householder, sheep, new master), 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:pg3282:30:103 # text = He tended the flock so diligently, and knew so well where to lead the sheep to the sweetest pastures, and where among the hills to look for any who strayed away, that they too prospered under his care, and not one was lost or torn by wolves; but this new master was a hard man, and begrudged him his well-earned wages. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tended tend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 diligently diligently ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 sweetest sweet ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 amod _ _ 20 pastures pasture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 24 among among ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 28 obl _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 strayed stray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 away away ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 too too ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 prospered prosper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 39 under under ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 parataxis _ _ 48 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 conj _ _ 50 by by ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 53 but but CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 54 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 56 det _ _ 55 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 57 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 begrudged begrudge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 64 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ _ 65 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 66 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 68 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 earned earned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 wages wage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tend** | past | householder | the flock | | | | diligently *property* | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flock=Theme | | 2 | **know** | past | | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **lead** | to-infinitive | | the sheep | | the sweetest pastures | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme to pasture=Destination | | 4 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | for any | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for any=Theme | | 5 | **stray away** | past | | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **prosper** | past | sheep | | | householder's care | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under care=Location | | 7 | **lose** | past · passive | | one | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 8 | **tear** | participle | | | | | | by wolves | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by wolf=Trajectory | | 9 | **is a** | past | this new master | a hard man | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **begrudge** | past | householder *not said here* | householder | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **care** | | householder | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/30/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/30/104/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/30/)