--- title: “Yes, indeed, you are a kind master,” said the Prince; “but I will g… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Yes, indeed, you are a kind master,” said the Prince; “but I will go in and talk to the Master-maid again; perhaps before long she may like better to be mine than yours.” Who acts: you, kind master, maid. A sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master-maid, part 1, with its dependen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/46/) [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 Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Master-maid, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/) / 46 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Master-maid, part 1, sentence 46 “Yes, indeed, you are a kind master,” said the Prince; “but I will go in and talk to the Master-maid again; perhaps before long she may like better to be mine than yours.” **Who acts:** you, kind master, maid · **What happens:** be, say, go in, talk, like · **To what, where:** kind master · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master-maid, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, kind master, maid), 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:pg503:17:46 # text = “Yes, indeed, you are a kind master,” said the Prince; “but I will go in and talk to the Master-maid again; perhaps before long she may like better to be mine than yours.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 22 in in ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 again again ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 before before ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 38 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 41 amod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 41 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 42 than than ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | a kind master | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a kind master | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go in** *in a quote* | future | a kind master *= master* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **talk** *in a quote* | infinitive | a kind master *= master* *not said here* | | | | again | to the Master maid | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to maid=Co-Agent | | 5 | **like** *in a quote* | may | maid | | | | | long *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | a kind master *= master* | | | | than yours | tree rules | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/47/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/)