--- title: The shepherd stooped and saw the blood, and cried out: “Ah! so it is… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The shepherd stooped and saw the blood, and cried out: “Ah! so it is you, is it? then take that!” and with his stick he gave the puma such a blow on the head that he died then and there. Who acts: shepherd, blood, you, puma. 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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 (shepherd, blood, you, puma), 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:pg3282:37:62 # text = The shepherd stooped and saw the blood, and cried out: “Ah! so it is you, is it? then take that!” and with his stick he gave the puma such a blow on the head that he died then and there. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stooped stoop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 19 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ! ! PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ 24 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 25 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 26 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ! ! PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ” " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 puma puma NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 39 det:predet _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 46 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stoop** | past | the shepherd | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | the shepherd *not said here* | the blood | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blood=Stimulus | | 3 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | the shepherd *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | blood | you | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | sheep | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | you | that | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 7 | **give** | past | shepherd | the puma | | the head | | with shepherd's stick | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent puma=Recipient blow=Theme on head=Asset | | 8 | **die** | past | puma | | | | then | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/63/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/)