--- title: The Swineherd--that is to say, the Prince (though they did not know… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Swineherd--that is to say, the Prince (though they did not know he was anything but a true Swineherd)--let no day pass without making something, and one day he made a rattle which, when it was turned round, played all the waltzes, galops, and polkas which had ever been known since the world bega --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/43/76/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Swineherd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/43/) / 76 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Swineherd, sentence 76 The Swineherd--that is to say, the Prince (though they did not know he was anything but a true Swineherd)--let no day pass without making something, and one day he made a rattle which, when it was turned round, played all the waltzes, galops, and polkas which had ever been known since the world began. **Who acts:** that, ladies, Swineherd, waltzes, polkas · **What happens:** be, not know, let, make, turn round, play · **To what, where:** anything, day pass, something, rattle, waltzes, polkas This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Swineherd. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (that, ladies, Swineherd, waltzes), 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:pg640:43:76 # text = The Swineherd--that is to say, the Prince (though they did not know he was anything but a true Swineherd)--let no day pass without making something, and one day he made a rattle which, when it was turned round, played all the waltzes, galops, and polkas which had ever been known since the world began. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Swineherd swineherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 -- -- PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj:outer _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 though though SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 16 obj _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 Swineherd swineherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 27 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 pass pass NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 without without SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 31 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 32 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl:unmarked _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 rattle rattle NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 when when SCONJ WRB _ 46 mark _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl:relcl _ _ 47 round round ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 49 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 50 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 52 det:predet _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 waltzes waltz NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 galops galop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 57 polkas polka NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 nsubj _ _ 58 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 62 nsubj:pass _ _ 59 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 60 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 62 advmod _ _ 61 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 62 aux:pass _ _ 62 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 acl:relcl _ _ 63 since since ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 66 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that | | | | | say *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | ladies *= lady* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | past | Swineherd | anything | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | | no day pass | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pass=Theme | | 5 | **make** | gerund | | something | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product | | 6 | **make** | past | Swineherd | a rattle | | | day | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rattle=Product | | 7 | **turn round** | past · passive | | rattle | | | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: subject=Theme which=Result | | 8 | **play** | past | the Swineherd | all waltzes | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waltz=Theme | | 9 | **galop** | present | all waltzes *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **know** | past · perfect · passive | | polkas | | | since the world; ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 11 | **begin** | past | polkas | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/43/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/43/77/) - ↑ back to [The Swineherd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/43/)