The Chinese word **牧羊人** (mù yáng rén), meaning "shepherd," is a logically constructed compound noun formed by combining three semantic components: the verb **牧** (mù, "to herd"), the object **羊** (yáng, "sheep"), and the agent **人** (rén, "person"). It follows a Subject-Verb-Object word order in miniature, literally reading as "herd-sheep-person," to clearly denote a person whose role is to herd sheep. This structure is typical of Chinese, where modifying elements are placed before the core noun to create precise and transparent compound terms.