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title: So saying she advanced toward the place where she heard the bleating… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: So saying she advanced toward the place where she heard the bleating, but what was her surprise when, in a lovely little glade quite surrounded by trees, she saw a large sheep; its wool was as white as snow, and its horns shone like gold; it had a garland of flowers round its neck, and strings of gr
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# The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 1, sentence 75

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So saying she advanced toward the place where she heard the bleating, but what was her surprise when, in a lovely little glade quite surrounded by trees, she saw a large sheep; its wool was as white as snow, and its horns shone like gold; it had a garland of flowers round its neck, and strings of great pearls about its legs, and a collar of diamonds; it lay upon a bank of orange-flowers, under a canopy of cloth of gold which protected it from the heat of the sun. Nearly a hundred other sheep were scattered about, not eating the grass, but some drinking coffee, lemonade, or sherbet, others eating ices, strawberries and cream, or sweetmeats, while others, again, were playing games.

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**Who acts:** end, trees, wool, canopy, others, drinking coffee · **What happens:** say, advance, hear, be, surround, see · **To what, where:** place, bleating, surprise, lovely little glade, large sheep, horns · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Wonderful Sheep, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (end, trees, wool, canopy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg503:30:75
# text = So saying she advanced toward the place where she heard the bleating, but what was her surprise when, in a lovely little glade quite surrounded by trees, she saw a large sheep; its wool was as white as snow, and its horns shone like gold; it had a garland of flowers round its neck, and strings of great pearls about its legs, and a collar of diamonds; it lay upon a bank of orange-flowers, under a canopy of cloth of gold which protected it from the heat of the sun. Nearly a hundred other sheep were scattered about, not eating the grass, but some drinking coffee, lemonade, or sherbet, others eating ices, strawberries and cream, or sweetmeats, while others, again, were playing games.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	advanced	advance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bleating	bleating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
19	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	27	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
23	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
24	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	glade	glade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj:pass	_	_
26	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
27	surrounded	surround	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
28	by	by	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
32	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
33	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	41	punct	_	_
37	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	_
39	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	cop	_	_
40	as	as	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
41	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
42	as	as	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
46	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	horns	horn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	nsubj:pass	_	_
48	shone	shine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
49	like	like	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
52	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
53	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
54	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	garland	garland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	nmod	_	_
58	round	round	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	60	nmod:poss	_	_
60	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
63	strings	string	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obl	_	_
64	of	of	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	66	amod	_	_
66	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	63	nmod	_	_
67	about	about	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
68	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	69	nmod:poss	_	_
69	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	66	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
72	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
73	collar	collar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	_
74	of	of	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
75	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	73	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	78	punct	_	_
77	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	78	nsubj	_	_
78	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
79	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	81	case	_	_
80	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	81	det	_	_
81	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	obl	_	_
82	of	of	ADP	IN	_	85	case	_	_
83	orange	orange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	85	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	83	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	81	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
86	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	89	punct	_	_
87	under	under	ADP	IN	_	89	case	_	_
88	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	89	det	_	_
89	canopy	canopy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	obl	_	_
90	of	of	ADP	IN	_	91	case	_	_
91	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	89	nmod	_	_
92	of	of	ADP	IN	_	93	case	_	_
93	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	91	nmod	_	_
94	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	95	nsubj	_	_
95	protected	protect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	89	acl:relcl	_	_
96	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	95	obj	_	_
97	from	from	ADP	IN	_	99	case	_	_
98	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	99	det	_	_
99	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	95	obl	_	_
100	of	of	ADP	IN	_	102	case	_	_
101	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	102	det	_	_
102	sun.	sun.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	99	nmod	_	_
103	Nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	105	advmod	_	_
104	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	105	det	_	_
105	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	107	nummod	_	_
106	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	107	amod	_	_
107	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	109	nsubj:pass	_	_
108	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	109	aux:pass	_	_
109	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	95	conj	_	_
110	about	about	ADV	RB	_	109	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
111	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	113	punct	_	_
112	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	113	advmod	_	_
113	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	95	advcl	_	_
114	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	115	det	_	_
115	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	113	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
116	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	144	punct	_	_
117	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	144	cc	_	_
118	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	120	det	_	_
119	drinking	drinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	120	compound	_	_
120	coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	144	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
121	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	122	punct	_	_
122	lemonade	lemonade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	120	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
123	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	125	punct	_	_
124	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	125	cc	_	_
125	sherbet	sherbet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	120	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
126	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	127	punct	_	_
127	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	120	conj	_	_
128	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	127	acl	_	_
129	ices	ice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	128	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
130	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	131	punct	_	_
131	strawberries	strawberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	129	conj	_	_
132	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	133	cc	_	_
133	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	129	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
134	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	136	punct	_	_
135	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	136	cc	_	_
136	sweetmeats	sweetmeat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	128	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
137	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	139	punct	_	_
138	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	139	case	_	_
139	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	120	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
140	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	141	punct	_	_
141	again	again	ADV	RB	_	139	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
142	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	141	punct	_	_
143	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	144	aux	_	_
144	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	78	advcl	_	_
145	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	144	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
146	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | end *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **advance** | past | end |  |  | the place |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme toward place=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **hear** | past | end | the bleating |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bleating=Stimulus |
| 4 | **is a** | past |  | end's surprise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **surround** | participle · passive | trees | a lovely little glade |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme |
| 6 | **see** | past | end | a large sheep |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sheep=Stimulus |
| 7 | **is** | past | glade's wool |  |  |  |  | as snow; white *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **shine** | participle · passive |  | glade's horns |  |  |  | like gold | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
| 9 | **have** | past | wool | a garland of flowers round glade's neck |  |  |  | strings of great pearls about glade's legs *obl*; a collar of diamonds *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garland=Patient |
| 10 | **lie** | past | wool |  |  | a canopy of cloth of gold |  | upon a bank of orange flowers | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon bank=Location |
| 11 | **protect** | past | a canopy of cloth of gold | wool |  |  |  | from the heat of the sun. | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary from heat=Theme |
| 12 | **scatter** | past · passive |  | hundred other sheep |  |  |  | about *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |
| 13 | **not** **eat** | gerund | a canopy of cloth of gold *not said here* | the grass |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient |
| 14 | **eat** | gerund | others *not said here* | ices and strawberries and cream |  |  |  | sweetmeats *obl* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ice=Patient |
| 15 | **play** | past · progressive | some drinking coffee and lemonade or sherbet and others and others | games |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
| 16 | **heat** |  | the sun. |  |  |  |  |  | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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