--- title: “The talking sheep received me as their king, and told me that they,… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “The talking sheep received me as their king, and told me that they, too, were unfortunate princes who had, in different ways, offended the revengeful fairy, and had been added to her flock for a certain number of years; some more, some less. Who acts: talking sheep, Sheep, unfortunate princes. 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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 (talking sheep, Sheep, unfortunate princes), 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:pg503:31:43 # text = “The talking sheep received me as their king, and told me that they, too, were unfortunate princes who had, in different ways, offended the revengeful fairy, and had been added to her flock for a certain number of years; some more, some less. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 talking talking NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 too too ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 unfortunate unfortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 iobj _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 offended offend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 revengeful revengeful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 48 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 49 det _ _ 49 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 52 det _ _ 52 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **receive** *in a quote* | past | the talking sheep | Miranda | | | | as Sheep's king | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent i=Theme more=Location | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the talking sheep *not said here* | unfortunate princes | Miranda | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient prince=Topic | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Sheep | unfortunate princes | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | past | unfortunate princes | | | different ways | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **offend** *in a quote* | past | | the revengeful fairy | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fairy=Experiencer | | 6 | **add** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | | | | | to lion's flock; for a certain number of years | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: to flock=Co-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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/44/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/)