--- title: The King of the Sheep, with the help of all the flock, got up balls,… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King of the Sheep, with the help of all the flock, got up balls, concerts, and hunting parties, and even the shadows joined in all the fun, and came, making believe to be their own real selves. Who acts: King, shadows. 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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 (King, shadows), 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:pg503:31:59 # text = The King of the Sheep, with the help of all the flock, got up balls, concerts, and hunting parties, and even the shadows joined in all the fun, and came, making believe to be their own real selves. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 15 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 balls ball NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 concerts concert NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 hunting hunt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 amod _ _ 23 parties party NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 even even ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 shadows shadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 joined join VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 39 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 43 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 selves self NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | past | the King of the Sheep and the help of all flock | balls and concerts | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ball=Stimulus | | 2 | **hunt** | gerund | | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **join** | past | the shadows | | | | | in all fun | vn cooperate-73.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in fun=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | the King of the Sheep and the help of all flock *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **make** | gerund | the King of the Sheep and the help of all flock *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **believe** | infinitive | the King of the Sheep and the help of all flock *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | Sheep's own real selves | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **help** | | | all flock | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: of=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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/60/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/)