--- title: Some shepherds, tending their flocks near by, noticed the tree growi… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Some shepherds, tending their flocks near by, noticed the tree growing there, and one of them cut down a stem to make flutes of; but, directly he began to play, the flute would do nothing but sing: ‘The Emperor Trojan has goat’s ears.’ Who acts: shepherds, tree, one, flute. 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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 (shepherds, tree, one, flute), 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:pg641:6:20 # text = Some shepherds, tending their flocks near by, noticed the tree growing there, and one of them cut down a stem to make flutes of; but, directly he began to play, the flute would do nothing but sing: ‘The Emperor Trojan has goat’s ears.’ 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 shepherds shepherd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 tending tend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 flocks flock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 near near ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 7 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 14 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nsubj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nmod _ _ 20 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 amod _ _ 21 down down ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 stem stem NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 parataxis _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl _ _ 26 flutes flute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 directly directly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 41 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 40 obj _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 sing sing NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 45 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 Trojan Trojan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 50 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’s 's PART POS _ 50 case _ _ 52 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tend** | gerund | some shepherds *not said here* | shepherds's flocks | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flock=Theme | | 2 | **notice** | past | some shepherds | the tree | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tree=Stimulus | | 3 | **grow** | gerund | the tree *not said here* | | | there | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **cut down** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **stem** | | one of shepherds | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | to-infinitive | some shepherds *not said here* | flutes | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset flute=Product | | 7 | **begin** | past | tree | | | | | directly *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **play** | to-infinitive | tree *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **do** | would | the flute | nothing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | | 10 | **have** | present | the Emperor Trojan | goat's ears | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/6/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/6/21/) - ↑ back to [The Goat’s Ears of the Emperor Trojan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/6/)