--- title: The very minute that the compact with the devil had come to an end h… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The very minute that the compact with the devil had come to an end his beard was shaved, his hair was cut, and his rags were burned, and day and night he lay in a bath of clear warm water. Who acts: compact, hair. 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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 (compact, hair), 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:pg5615:39:66 # text = The very minute that the compact with the devil had come to an end his beard was shaved, his hair was cut, and his rags were burned, and day and night he lay in a bath of clear warm water. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 compact compact NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 devil devil NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 acl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 shaved shave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 rags rag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl:unmarked _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · perfect | the compact with the devil | devil's beard | | | to a end | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location minute=Theme | | 2 | **shave** | past · passive | | the minute | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **cut** | past · passive | | devil's hair | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 4 | **burn** | past · passive | | devil's rags | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **lie** | past | hair | | | a bath of clear warm water | day | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bath=Location | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/39/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/39/67/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/39/)