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description: He said he would bear this in mind, and then he again sat in there the whole day by the Master-maid, and they chatted and talked of one thing and another, but the first thing and the last now was, how happy and delightful it would be if they could but marry each other, and get safely away from the g
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# The Blue Fairy Book, The Master-maid, part 1, sentence 56

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He said he would bear this in mind, and then he again sat in there the whole day by the Master-maid, and they chatted and talked of one thing and another, but the first thing and the last now was, how happy and delightful it would be if they could but marry each other, and get safely away from the giant; and the Prince would have forgotten both the mountain-side and the horse if the Master-maid had not reminded him of them as evening drew near, and said that now it would be better if he went to fetch the horse before the giant came.

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**Who acts:** bridle, jaws, first thing, Prince, thing, giant · **What happens:** say, bear, sit, chat, talk, be · **To what, where:** this, mind, each, mountain side, Master maid, bridle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (bridle, jaws, first thing, Prince), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg503:17:56
# text = He said he would bear this in mind, and then he again sat in there the whole day by the Master-maid, and they chatted and talked of one thing and another, but the first thing and the last now was, how happy and delightful it would be if they could but marry each other, and get safely away from the giant; and the Prince would have forgotten both the mountain-side and the horse if the Master-maid had not reminded him of them as evening drew near, and said that now it would be better if he went to fetch the horse before the giant came.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	again	again	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	obl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
22	Master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	chatted	chat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	conj	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	33	nummod	_	_
33	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	33	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
37	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	40	amod	_	_
40	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nsubj:outer	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	conj	_	_
44	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	48	advmod	_	_
45	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
47	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	48	advmod	_	_
48	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	advcl	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	delightful	delightful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	conj	_	_
51	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
52	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
53	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	56	cop	_	_
54	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	56	mark	_	_
55	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
56	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	_
57	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
58	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
59	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	58	obj	_	_
60	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
63	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	conj	_	_
64	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	65	advmod	_	_
65	away	away	ADV	RB	_	63	advmod	_	_
66	from	from	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
70	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	75	cc	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
72	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	75	nsubj	_	_
73	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	75	aux	_	_
74	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	75	aux	_	_
75	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
76	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	80	cc:preconj	_	_
77	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	80	det	_	_
78	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	78	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	obl	_	_
81	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	83	cc	_	_
82	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	83	det	_	_
83	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	conj	_	_
84	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	91	mark	_	_
85	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	88	det	_	_
86	Master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	88	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	86	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
88	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	91	nsubj:pass	_	_
89	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	91	aux	_	_
90	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	91	advmod	_	_
91	reminded	remind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	75	advcl	_	_
92	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	91	obj	_	_
93	of	of	ADP	IN	_	94	case	_	_
94	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	91	obl	_	_
95	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	97	mark	_	_
96	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	97	obl:unmarked	_	_
97	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	91	advcl	_	_
98	near	near	ADV	RB	_	97	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
99	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	101	punct	_	_
100	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	101	cc	_	_
101	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
102	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	107	mark	_	_
103	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	107	advmod	_	_
104	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	107	nsubj	_	_
105	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	107	aux	_	_
106	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	107	cop	_	_
107	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	101	ccomp	_	_
108	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	110	mark	_	_
109	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	110	nsubj	_	_
110	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	107	advcl	_	_
111	to	to	PART	TO	_	112	mark	_	_
112	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	110	xcomp	_	_
113	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	114	det	_	_
114	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	112	obj	_	_
115	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	118	mark	_	_
116	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	117	det	_	_
117	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	118	nsubj	_	_
118	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	112	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
119	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | bridle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **bear** | would | bridle | this |  | mind |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Patient |
| 3 | **sit** | past | bridle |  |  |  | then; again; day | by the Master maid | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in there=Location |
| 4 | **chat** *speech: other* | past | jaws *= jaw* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **talk** | past | jaws *= jaw* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of one thing | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **is** | past | the first thing *not said here* |  |  |  | now | happy *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **be** |  | the first thing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **marry** | could | the first thing | each |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Patient |
| 9 | **get** | infinitive | the first thing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 10 | **forget** | would · perfect | the Prince | the mountain side and the horse |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **not** **remind** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive |  | the Master maid | bridle |  |  | of jaws *= jaw* | tree rules |
| 12 | **draw** | past |  |  |  |  | evening | near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 13 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 14 | **is** | would | thing |  |  |  | now | good *property* | tree rules |
| 15 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | bridle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 16 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | bridle *not said here* | the horse |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |
| 17 | **come** | past | the giant |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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