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The Violet Fairy Book, The Goat’s Ears of the Emperor Trojan, sentence 8

Directly the young barber began his work, he, like the rest, remarked the goat’s ears of the emperor, but when he had finished and the emperor asked his usual question as to whether the youth had noticed anything odd about him, the young man replied calmly, ‘No, nothing at all.’

Who acts: young barber, rest, emperor, young man, barber · What happens: begin, remark, finish, ask, notice, reply · To what, where: work, ears, usual question, youth

This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Goat’s Ears of the Emperor Trojan. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (young barber, rest, emperor, young 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

advmoddetamodnsubjnmod:possobjpunctoblpunctcasedetoblpunctacldetnmod:posscaseobjcasedetnmodpunctccadvmodnsubjauxparataxisccdetnsubjconjnmod:possamodobjmarkfixedmarkdetnsubj:passauxadvclobjamodcaseoblpunctdetamodnsubjparataxisadvmodpunctpunctdiscoursepunctparataxiscasenmodpunctpunctrootDirectlyADVtheDETyoungADJbarberNOUNbeganVERBhisPRONworkNOUN,PUNCThePRON,PUNCTlikeADPtheDETrestNOUN,PUNCTremarkedVERBtheDETgoatNOUN’sPARTearsNOUNofADPtheDETemperorNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJwhenADVhePRONhadAUXfinishedVERBandCCONJtheDETemperorNOUNaskedVERBhisPRONusualADJquestionNOUNasSCONJtoADPwhetherSCONJtheDETyouthNOUNhadAUXnoticedVERBanythingPRONoddADJaboutADPhimPRON,PUNCTtheDETyoungADJmanNOUNrepliedVERBcalmlyADV,PUNCT‘PUNCTNoINTJ,PUNCTnothingPRONatADPallDET.PUNCT’PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DirectlydirectlyADV_5 beganadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 barberdet
3youngyoungADJDegree=Pos4 barberamod
4barberbarberNOUNNumber=Sing5 begannsubj
5beganbeginVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 worknmod:poss
7workworkNOUNNumber=Sing5 beganobj
8,,PUNCT_9 hepunct
9hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 beganobl
10,,PUNCT_13 restpunct
11likelikeADP_13 restcase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 restdet
13restrestNOUNNumber=Sing5 beganobl
14,,PUNCT_15 remarkedpunct
15remarkedremarkVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass13 restacl
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 earsdet
17goatgoatNOUNNumber=Sing19 earsnmod:poss
18’s'sPART_17 goatcase
19earsearNOUNNumber=Plur15 remarkedobj
20ofofADP_22 emperorcase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 emperordet
22emperoremperorNOUNNumber=Sing19 earsnmod
23,,PUNCT_28 finishedpunct
24butbutCCONJ_28 finishedcc
25whenwhenADVPronType=Int28 finishedadvmod
26hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs28 finishednsubj
27hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin28 finishedaux
28finishedfinishVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part5 beganparataxis
29andandCCONJ_32 askedcc
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 emperordet
31emperoremperorNOUNNumber=Sing32 askednsubj
32askedaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin28 finishedconj
33hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 questionnmod:poss
34usualusualADJDegree=Pos35 questionamod
35questionquestionNOUNNumber=Sing32 askedobj
36asasSCONJ_42 noticedmark
37totoADP_36 asfixed
38whetherwhetherSCONJ_42 noticedmark
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 youthdet
40youthyouthNOUNNumber=Sing42 noticednsubj:pass
41hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin42 noticedaux
42noticednoticeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass32 askedadvcl
43anythinganythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind42 noticedobj
44oddoddADJDegree=Pos43 anythingamod
45aboutaboutADP_46 himcase
46himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs44 oddobl
47,,PUNCT_51 repliedpunct
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art50 mandet
49youngyoungADJDegree=Pos50 manamod
50manmanNOUNNumber=Sing51 repliednsubj
51repliedreplyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 beganparataxis
52calmlycalmlyADV_51 repliedadvmod
53,,PUNCT_57 nothingpunct
54‘'PUNCT_57 nothingpunct
55NonoINTJPolarity=Neg57 nothingdiscourse
56,,PUNCT_55 Nopunct
57nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg51 repliedparataxis
58atatADP_59 allcase
59allallDETPronType=Tot57 nothingnmod
60..PUNCT_57 nothingpunct
61’'PUNCT_57 nothingpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1beginpastthe young barberbarber's worklike the rest; emperor obl; directly propertyvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality
2remark speech: assertparticiplethe rest not said heregoat's ears of the emperorvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ear=Topic
3finishpast · perfectemperorvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4ask speech: askpastthe emperoremperor's usual questionvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient
5noticepast · perfect · passivethe youthtree rules
6reply speech: assertpastthe young mancalmly propertyvn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7workbarbernom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent
8questionemperornom question «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 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.

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