--- title: At sunrise the boy got up and led his sheep out to feed, and for som… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At sunrise the boy got up and led his sheep out to feed, and for some reason he did not feel tempted to cross into the grassy meadows belonging to the elves, but let his flock pick up what pasture they could on Mogarzea’s dry ground. Who acts: boy, grassy meadows, flock. 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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 (boy, grassy meadows, flock), 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:pg641:44:34 # text = At sunrise the boy got up and led his sheep out to feed, and for some reason he did not feel tempted to cross into the grassy meadows belonging to the elves, but let his flock pick up what pasture they could on Mogarzea’s dry ground. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 sunrise sunrise NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 out out ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 18 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 23 tempted tempt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 xcomp _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 grassy grassy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 meadows meadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 30 belonging belong VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 acl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 elves elf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 42 det _ _ 42 pasture pasture NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 Mogarzea Mogarzea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’s 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | past | the boy | | | | sunrise | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **lead out** | past | the boy *not said here* | boy's sheep | | | | out *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme | | 3 | **feed** | to-infinitive | the boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **feel** | past · do-support | boy | | | | | for some reason | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **tempt** | participle | boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **cross** | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* | | | the grassy meadows | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into meadow=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **belong** | gerund | the grassy meadows *not said here* | | | | | to the elves | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **let** | infinitive | boy *not said here* | boy's flock | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **pick up** | infinitive | boy's flock *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/44/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/44/35/) - ↑ back to [Mogarzea and His Son](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/44/)