--- title: The shepherd let himself be persuaded so to do, took a skin having a… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The shepherd let himself be persuaded so to do, took a skin having a golden fleece, sewed the young man in it, putting in also food and drink, and so brought him before the king. Who acts: shepherd, skin. 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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, skin), 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:pg641:37:10 # text = The shepherd let himself be persuaded so to do, took a skin having a golden fleece, sewed the young man in it, putting in also food and drink, and so brought him before the king. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obj _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 persuaded persuade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 fleece fleece NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 sewed sew VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 27 in in ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 also also ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 before before ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | infinitive | the shepherd | shepherd | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **persuade** | infinitive · passive | shepherd *not said here* | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: clause=Result | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | shepherd *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take** | past | | a skin | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme | | 5 | **have** | gerund | a skin *not said here* | a golden fleece | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fleece=Patient | | 6 | **sew** | past | | the young man | | fleece | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme in it=Destination | | 7 | **put in** | gerund | | food and drink | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent food=Goal | | 8 | **bring** | past | | shepherd | | | before the king | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme before king=Destination | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/37/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/37/11/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/37/)