--- title: One spring the Sheep, in accordance with her annual custom, set out… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: One spring the Sheep, in accordance with her annual custom, set out for the north, and one day, as she was strolling sedately along the path, while her little Lamb skipped about beside her, she suddenly came face to face with a large, fierce-looking Wolf. Who acts: Tibet, little Lamb. 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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 (Tibet, little Lamb), 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:pg75000:11:2 # text = One spring the Sheep, in accordance with her annual custom, set out for the north, and one day, as she was strolling sedately along the path, while her little Lamb skipped about beside her, she suddenly came face to face with a large, fierce-looking Wolf. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 accordance accordance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 annual annual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 strolling stroll VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 27 sedately sedately ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 along along ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 while while SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 Lamb Lamb PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 skipped skip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 37 about about ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 beside beside ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 44 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 49 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 51 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 54 amod _ _ 54 Wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set out** | participle | | Tibet's annual custom *not said here* | | | | for the north | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stroll** | past · progressive | Tibet | | | the path | | sedately *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along path=Trajectory | | 3 | **skip** | past | Tibet's little Lamb | | | | | beside Tibet | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside she=Trajectory | | 4 | **come** | past | Tibet | | | | | with a large looking Wolf; face to face *nsubj*; suddenly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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:** «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/11/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/11/3/) - ↑ back to [The Sheep, the Lamb, the Wolf and the Hare.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/11/)