--- title: He jumped up, still playing on his flute, and went after the sheep,… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He jumped up, still playing on his flute, and went after the sheep, meaning to drive them back to their own side of the border, when suddenly he saw before him three beautiful maidens who stopped in front of him, and began to dance. Who acts: boy, three beautiful maidens. 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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, three beautiful maidens), 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:pg641:44:37 # text = He jumped up, still playing on his flute, and went after the sheep, meaning to drive them back to their own side of the border, when suddenly he saw before him three beautiful maidens who stopped in front of him, and began to dance. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 after after ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 meaning mean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 back back ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 31 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 34 before before ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 37 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump up** | past | boy | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **play** | gerund | boy *not said here* | | | boy's flute | still | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** | past | | | | | after the sheep | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **mean** | gerund | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **drive back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | sheep | | sheep's own side of the border | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme to side=Trajectory | | 6 | **see** | past | boy | three beautiful maidens | | | before border | suddenly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer maiden=Stimulus | | 7 | **stop** | past | three beautiful maidens | | | front of boy | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Location | | 8 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **dance** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/44/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/44/38/) - ↑ back to [Mogarzea and His Son](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/44/)