--- title: “Yesterday, master, you talked about this Master-maid, and to-day yo… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Yesterday, master, you talked about this Master-maid, and to-day you are talking about her; ah, heaven bless you, master, why will you not show me the thing? for it would be a real pleasure to me to see it,” said the Prince, who again pretended to be silly and stupid. Who acts: you, heaven, Prince. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/65/) [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/) / 65 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Master-maid, part 1, sentence 65 “Yesterday, master, you talked about this Master-maid, and to-day you are talking about her; ah, heaven bless you, master, why will you not show me the thing? for it would be a real pleasure to me to see it,” said the Prince, who again pretended to be silly and stupid. **Who acts:** you, heaven, Prince · **What happens:** talk, bless, not show, be, see, say · **To what, where:** you, thing, Prince, heaven · **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, heaven, Prince), 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:pg503:17:65 # text = “Yesterday, master, you talked about this Master-maid, and to-day you are talking about her; ah, heaven bless you, master, why will you not show me the thing? for it would be a real pleasure to me to see it,” said the Prince, who again pretended to be silly and stupid. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 10 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 21 about about ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 ah ah INTJ UH _ 27 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 bless bless VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nmod _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 advcl _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 55 punct _ _ 55 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 61 nsubj _ _ 60 again again ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 acl:relcl _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 63 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 64 cop _ _ 64 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 xcomp _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | yesterday | about this Master maid | tree rules | | 2 | **talk** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | | | | day | about maid | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about she=Topic | | 3 | **bless** *in a quote* | infinitive | heaven | you | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 4 | **not** **show** *in a quote* | future | you | the thing | the Prince *= prince* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient thing=Topic | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | would | heaven | | the Prince *= prince* | | | for a real pleasure | tree rules | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | heaven | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 7 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **pretend** | past | the Prince | | | | again | | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | silly *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **be** | | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/66/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/)