--- title: When the shepherd reached the farmhouse that night he told his tale… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the shepherd reached the farmhouse that night he told his tale to his master, who scolded him for being stupid and careless, and bade him go the next day to the mountain and fetch him a kid, and he would send that as a wedding gift. Who acts: shepherd, master. 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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, 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:pg3454:2:38 # text = When the shepherd reached the farmhouse that night he told his tale to his master, who scolded him for being stupid and careless, and bade him go the next day to the mountain and fetch him a kid, and he would send that as a wedding gift. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 farmhouse farmhouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 scolded scold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 cop _ _ 22 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 careless careless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl:unmarked _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 46 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 obj _ _ 47 as as ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | the shepherd | the farmhouse | | | night | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent farmhouse=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | shepherd | shepherd's tale | | | | to shepherd's master | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **scold** | past | shepherd's master | shepherd | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | stupid *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | present | | bade | | the mountain | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mountain=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **fetch** | infinitive | | a kid | shepherd | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary kid=Theme | | 8 | **send** | would | shepherd | that | | | | as a wedding gift | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 9 | **tell** | | shepherd | | | | | | nom tale «communication 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/2/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/2/39/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/2/)