--- title: Next morning was a holiday, and Barbaik was awake earlier than usual… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Next morning was a holiday, and Barbaik was awake earlier than usual, as she wished to get through her work as soon as possible, and be ready to start for a dance which was to be held some distance off. Who acts: Next morning, Barbaik. 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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 (Next morning, Barbaik), 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:pg3454:37:49 # text = Next morning was a holiday, and Barbaik was awake earlier than usual, as she wished to get through her work as soon as possible, and be ready to start for a dance which was to be held some distance off. 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 holiday holiday NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 Barbaik Barbaik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 acl:relcl _ _ 11 earlier early ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 12 than than ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 through through ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 as as ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 30 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ _ 41 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 42 det _ _ 42 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 off off ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Next morning | a holiday | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | Barbaik | a holiday *not said here* | | | | awake, early *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **wish** | past | Barbaik | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Barbaik *not said here* | | | Barbaik's work | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through work=Destination | | 5 | **is** | infinitive | Next morning *not said here* | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **start** | to-infinitive | Next morning *not said here* | | | | | for a dance | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **hold** | past · passive | Next morning *not said here* | a dance | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme distance=Eventuality | | 8 | **work** | | Barbaik | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/50/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/)