--- title: The barber, who went home whistling and congratulating himself on th… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The barber, who went home whistling and congratulating himself on the escape he had made, described what had happened, and it was noised abroad in the country that the people who had gone away, and had never returned, had all fallen into that pit; for till then they had never known what had happened --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/57/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [The Voice of Death](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/) / 57 # The Red Fairy Book, The Voice of Death, sentence 57 The barber, who went home whistling and congratulating himself on the escape he had made, described what had happened, and it was noised abroad in the country that the people who had gone away, and had never returned, had all fallen into that pit; for till then they had never known what had happened to those who had heard the voice and obeyed its call. **Who acts:** barber, people, escape · **What happens:** go, whistle, congratulate, make, describe, happen · **To what, where:** barber, escape, country, pit, people, voice · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Voice of Death. 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, escape), 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:pg540:27:57 # text = The barber, who went home whistling and congratulating himself on the escape he had made, described what had happened, and it was noised abroad in the country that the people who had gone away, and had never returned, had all fallen into that pit; for till then they had never known what had happened to those who had heard the voice and obeyed its call. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 barber barber NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 whistling whistle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 congratulating congratulate VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 conj _ _ 10 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obj _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 parataxis _ _ 19 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 noised noise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 27 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 37 away away ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 all all ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 47 into into ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 49 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 till till ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 57 obl _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 56 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 57 advmod _ _ 57 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 conj _ _ 58 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 60 nsubj _ _ 59 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 57 xcomp _ _ 61 to to ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 60 obl _ _ 63 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 65 nsubj _ _ 64 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 62 acl:relcl _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 69 obeyed obey VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 conj _ _ 70 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 71 call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the barber | | | | | home *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **whistle** | gerund | the barber *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **congratulate** | gerund | the barber *not said here* | barber | | the escape | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 4 | **make** | past · perfect | barber | the escape *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent escape=Product | | 5 | **describe** | participle | | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **noise** | past · passive | | escape | | the country | | abroad *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **go away** | past · perfect | the people | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **not** **return** | past · perfect | the barber *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **fall** | past · perfect | the barber | | | | | into that pit *result*; all *property* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into pit=Result | | 11 | **not** **know** | past · perfect · passive | | people | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | to those | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **hear** | past · perfect | | the voice | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 14 | **obey** | past | | escape's call | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Theme | | 15 | **call** | | escape | | | | | | nom call «communication transitive»: 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 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/58/) - ↑ back to [The Voice of Death](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/)