--- title: Now after this state of things had lasted a good while, there was ha… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now after this state of things had lasted a good while, there was hardly a barber left in the town that could shave the emperor, and it came to be the turn of the Master of the Company of Barbers to go up to the palace. Who acts: town, state. 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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 (town, state), 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:pg641:6:3 # text = Now after this state of things had lasted a good while, there was hardly a barber left in the town that could shave the emperor, and it came to be the turn of the Master of the Company of Barbers to go up to the palace. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 2 after after SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 lasted last VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 13 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 14 expl _ _ 14 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 15 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 barber barber NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 18 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 shave shave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 advcl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Barbers barber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **last** | past · perfect · passive | | this state of things | | | now; while | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value | | 2 | **be** | past | | | | there | | hardly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | participle | | a barber *not said here* | | | | in the town *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in town=Result | | 4 | **shave** | could | the town | the emperor | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emperor=Patient | | 5 | **come** | past | state | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | state *not said here* | the turn | | | | of the Master; of the Company of Barbers | tree rules | | 7 | **go up** | to-infinitive | state *not said here* | | | | | to the palace | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/6/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/6/4/) - ↑ back to [The Goat’s Ears of the Emperor Trojan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/6/)