--- title: First he went to a herdsman, and begged him to hide him in a sheepsk… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: First he went to a herdsman, and begged him to hide him in a sheepskin, which had a golden fleece, and in this disguise to take him to the king. Who acts: eldest, sheepskin. 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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 (eldest, sheepskin), 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:pg641:37:9 # text = First he went to a herdsman, and begged him to hide him in a sheepskin, which had a golden fleece, and in this disguise to take him to the king. 1 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 herdsman herdsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sheepskin sheepskin NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 fleece fleece NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 disguise disguise NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | eldest *= eld* | | | a herdsman | | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to herdsman=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | eldest *= eld* *not said here* | | eldest *= eld* | this disguise | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **hide** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | eldest *= eld* *not said here* | eldest *= eld* | | a sheepskin | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient in sheepskin=Location | | 4 | **have** | past | a sheepskin | a golden fleece | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fleece=Patient | | 5 | **take** | to-infinitive | eldest *= eld* *not said here* | eldest *= eld* | the king | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/37/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/37/10/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/37/)