--- title: Every morning, when he was shaved, he asked if the man saw anything… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Every morning, when he was shaved, he asked if the man saw anything odd about him, and as each fresh barber always replied that the emperor had goat’s ears, he was at once ordered to be put to death. Who acts: goat, man, fresh barber, emperor. 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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 (goat, man, fresh barber, emperor), 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:pg641:6:2 # text = Every morning, when he was shaved, he asked if the man saw anything odd about him, and as each fresh barber always replied that the emperor had goat’s ears, he was at once ordered to be put to death. 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 shaved shave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 15 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 14 obj _ _ 16 odd odd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 17 about about ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 24 det _ _ 23 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 barber barber NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 26 advmod _ _ 26 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 31 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 39 obl _ _ 39 ordered order VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 xcomp _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shave** | past · passive | | goat | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | goat | | | | morning | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the man | anything | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | | 4 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | each fresh barber | | | | | always *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** | past | the emperor | goat's ears | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient | | 6 | **order** | past · passive | | emperor | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **put** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | emperor *not said here* | | | | | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP» | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/6/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/6/3/) - ↑ back to [The Goat’s Ears of the Emperor Trojan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/6/)