--- title: When the shepherd was dead, the brother asked his sister which she w… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the shepherd was dead, the brother asked his sister which she would like best, the sheep or the little house; and when she had chosen the house he said, ‘Then I’ll take the sheep and go out to seek my fortune in the wide world. Who acts: shepherd, brother, daughter, house. 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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, brother, daughter, house), 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:pg7277:56:3 # text = When the shepherd was dead, the brother asked his sister which she would like best, the sheep or the little house; and when she had chosen the house he said, ‘Then I’ll take the sheep and go out to seek my fortune in the wide world. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 20 or or CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 44 out out ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 47 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the shepherd | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the brother | | brother's sister and the sheep or the little house | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sister=Recipient | | 3 | **like** | would | daughter | brother's sister and the sheep or the little house | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **choose** | past · perfect | daughter | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the house | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **take** | future | I | | the sheep | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument sheep=Destination | | 7 | **go out** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **seek** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | my fortune | | the wide world | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme in world=Location | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/56/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/56/4/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dogs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/56/)