--- title: The barber refused to give back the missing piece, so the monkey cau… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The barber refused to give back the missing piece, so the monkey caught up a razor from the table and ran away with it, and no one in the forest could be shaved for days, as there was not another to be got for miles and miles. Who acts: barber, monkey, another. 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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 (barber, monkey, another), 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:pg3282:35:117 # text = The barber refused to give back the missing piece, so the monkey caught up a razor from the table and ran away with it, and no one in the forest could be shaved for days, as there was not another to be got for miles and miles. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 barber barber NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 missing missing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 razor razor NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 23 away away ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 28 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 29 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 shaved shave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 41 expl _ _ 41 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 another another PRON DT PronType=Ind 41 nsubj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | the barber | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **give back** | to-infinitive | the barber *not said here* | the missing piece | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | | 3 | **catch up** | participle | the monkey | a razor | | the table | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent razor=Theme from table=Source | | 4 | **run away** | past | the monkey *not said here* | | | | | with table; away *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with it=Material | | 5 | **shave** | could · passive | | no one in the forest | | | day | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **be** | past | another | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **get** | to-infinitive · passive | another *not said here* | | | | | for miles and miles | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: for mile=Source | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/35/116/) - next →: [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/36/1/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/35/)