--- title: “Well, however easy a master you may be, you set me very hard work t… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Well, however easy a master you may be, you set me very hard work to do,” thought the Prince; “but I will see if I cannot find your Master-maid; you say she is yours, but for all that she may be able to tell me what to do now,” and he went back to her. Who acts: you, Prince, maid, all. 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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 (you, Prince, maid, all), 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:pg503:17:70 # text = “Well, however easy a master you may be, you set me very hard work to do,” thought the Prince; “but I will see if I cannot find your Master-maid; you say she is yours, but for all that she may be able to tell me what to do now,” and he went back to her. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 advcl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 set set VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 14 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 very very ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 22 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 37 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 47 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 54 nsubj _ _ 50 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 obj _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 cop _ _ 54 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 ccomp _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 iobj _ _ 58 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 60 obj _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 ccomp _ _ 61 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 60 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ” " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 65 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 67 back back ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 68 to to ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** *in a quote* | present | you | the Prince *= prince* | | | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent i=Theme work=Destination | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | future | the Prince *= prince* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **not** **find** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | the Prince *= prince* | your Master maid | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maid=Topic | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | maid | yours | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | may | all | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | all *not said here* | | the Prince *= prince* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 10 | **do** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | now | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 11 | **go back** | past | Prince | | maid | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to she=Result | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/71/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/)