--- title: “This is the second time I have lost a sheep,” the man said to the m… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “This is the second time I have lost a sheep,” the man said to the monkey; “it will be the worse for the thief when I catch him, I can tell you.” Who acts: This, man, sheep. 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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 (This, man, sheep), 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:pg3282:37:60 # text = “This is the second time I have lost a sheep,” the man said to the monkey; “it will be the worse for the thief when I catch him, I can tell you.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 ccomp _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 catch catch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | This | the second time | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lose** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the man *= man* | a sheep | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the man | | the monkey | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to monkey=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | future | sheep | | | | | for the thief; bad *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **catch** *in a quote* | present | the man *= man* | puma | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | can | the man *= man* | | the monkey *= monkey* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/61/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/)