--- title: Then the shepherd called, ‘Pepper, come to the rescue,’ and the seco… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the shepherd called, ‘Pepper, come to the rescue,’ and the second dog set upon the dragon, and after a fierce struggle bit it so sharply in the neck that the monster rolled over, and in a few moments breathed its last. Who acts: shepherd, neck. 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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, neck), 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:pg7277:56:27 # text = Then the shepherd called, ‘Pepper, come to the rescue,’ and the second dog set upon the dragon, and after a fierce struggle bit it so sharply in the neck that the monster rolled over, and in a few moments breathed its last. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Pepper pepper NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 rescue rescue NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 18 amod _ _ 18 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 19 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 20 upon upon ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 after after ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 struggle struggle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 29 bit bite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 sharply sharply ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 39 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 40 over over ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 moments moment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 47 breathed breathe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 48 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | participle | the shepherd *not said here* | Pepper | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | infinitive | the shepherd | | | the rescue and the second dog | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to rescue=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **set** | participle | | the second dog *not said here* | | | | upon the dragon | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon dragon=Destination | | 4 | **bite** | past | | struggle | | the neck | after a fierce struggle | sharply *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient in neck=Location | | 5 | **roll over** | participle | | the monster *not said here* | | | | over *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **breathe** | past | the neck | monster's last | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent last=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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/56/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/56/28/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dogs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/56/)