--- title: Of course by the time he came back the two thieves had driven the bu… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Of course by the time he came back the two thieves had driven the bull home and killed him for meat, so the man was obliged to go to his master and confess that he had been tricked again. Who acts: shepherd. 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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), 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:pg3454:2:55 # text = Of course by the time he came back the two thieves had driven the bull home and killed him for meat, so the man was obliged to go to his master and confess that he had been tricked again. 1 Of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 fixed _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 thieves thief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 home home ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 to to 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 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 confess confess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 tricked trick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 advcl _ _ 40 again again ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | past | shepherd | the time *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme | | 2 | **drive** | past · perfect · passive | | the two thieves | | | time | home *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme bull=Destination | | 3 | **kill** | past | | shepherd | | | | for meat | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **oblige** | past · passive | | the man | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 5 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | shepherd's master | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to master=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **confess** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **trick** | past · perfect · passive | | shepherd | | | again | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/2/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/2/56/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/2/)