--- title: The woman in the Bible found her piece of silver, the shepherd his l… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The woman in the Bible found her piece of silver, the shepherd his lost sheep, Saul found his father's ass, Jochebed found her baby, Joseph found his brethren, poor old Jacob found his long-lost Joseph, and the loser of this sketch-book may be as fortunate." Who acts: woman, Saul, Jochebed, Joseph. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/104/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/) / [Legends and Tales., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/) / 104 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 3, sentence 104 The woman in the Bible found her piece of silver, the shepherd his lost sheep, Saul found his father's ass, Jochebed found her baby, Joseph found his brethren, poor old Jacob found his long-lost Joseph, and the loser of this sketch-book may be as fortunate." **Who acts:** woman, Saul, Jochebed, Joseph, brethren, loser · **What happens:** find, lose, be · **To what, where:** piece, ass, baby, lost Joseph · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (woman, Saul, Jochebed, Joseph), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg74323:4:104 # text = The woman in the Bible found her piece of silver, the shepherd his lost sheep, Saul found his father's ass, Jochebed found her baby, Joseph found his brethren, poor old Jacob found his long-lost Joseph, and the loser of this sketch-book may be as fortunate." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Bible Bible PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ _ 16 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 Jochebed Jochebed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 38 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 40 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 amod _ _ 43 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 loser loser NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 det _ _ 50 sketch sketch NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 53 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 cop _ _ 55 as as ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 fortunate fortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | the woman in the Bible | nicht's piece of silver and the shepherd | | | | shepherd's lost sheep *obj* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent piece=Theme sheep=Attribute | | 2 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **find** | past | Saul | Saul's father's ass | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ass=Topic | | 4 | **find** | past | Jochebed | nicht's baby | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Topic | | 5 | **find** | past | Joseph | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **find** | past | Saul's brethren poor old Jacob | Saul's lost Joseph | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joseph=Topic | | 7 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | may | the loser of this sketch book | | | | | fortunate *property* | tree rules | 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:** «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Project Gutenberg book 74323 (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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/105/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/)