--- title: Every morning she drove the goats out into the desert to graze on th… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Every morning she drove the goats out into the desert to graze on the shrubs and bushes which grew there, and every evening they came home of themselves to be milked and to be shut up safely for the night. Who acts: widow, shrubs, goats. 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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 (widow, shrubs, goats), 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:pg3282:33:53 # text = Every morning she drove the goats out into the desert to graze on the shrubs and bushes which grew there, and every evening they came home of themselves to be milked and to be shut up safely for the night. 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 goats goat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 out out ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 desert desert NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 graze graze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 shrubs shrub NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 24 det _ _ 24 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 27 home home ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 obl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 milked milk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 safely safely ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** | past | widow | the goats | | the desert | morning | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent goat=Theme into desert=Trajectory | | 2 | **graze** | to-infinitive | widow *not said here* | | | | | on the shrubs and bushes | vn dine-39.5 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on shrub=Patient | | 3 | **grow** | past | the shrubs and bushes | | | there | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | goats *= goat* | | | | evening | of goats *= goat*; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of themselves=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **milk** | to-infinitive · passive | goats *= goat* *not said here* | | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP» | | 6 | **shut up** | to-infinitive · passive | goats *= goat* *not said here* | | | | night | safely *property* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP» | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/54/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)