--- title: The barber, determined not to lose his razor, pursued the man, and t… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The barber, determined not to lose his razor, pursued the man, and they both continued running at full speed till they had got well out of the town, when all of a sudden the man fell head foremost down a precipice, and never was seen again. Who acts: barber, people, man. 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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, people, man), 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:pg540:27:55 # text = The barber, determined not to lose his razor, pursued the man, and they both continued running at full speed till they had got well out of the town, when all of a sudden the man fell head foremost down a precipice, and never was seen again. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 barber barber NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 determined determine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 razor razor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 pursued pursue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 both both ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 19 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 till till SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 27 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 28 out out ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 31 appos _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 nmod _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 41 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 foremost foremost ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 43 down down ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 precipice precipice NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ _ 51 again again ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | participle | | the barber *not said here* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **lose** | to-infinitive | | barber's razor | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent razor=Eventuality | | 3 | **pursue** | past | the barber | the man | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 4 | **continue** | past | people | | | | | both *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **run** | gerund | people *not said here* | | | full speed | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Trajectory | | 6 | **get** | past · perfect | people | | | the town | | well *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme out town=Destination | | 7 | **fall** | past | the man | head | | | | foremost *property* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient head=Result | | 8 | **not** **see** | past · passive | the barber *not said here* | | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/56/) - ↑ back to [The Voice of Death](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/)