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title: “Yes, I will keep that in mind,” said he, and then he sat there with… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: “Yes, I will keep that in mind,” said he, and then he sat there with the Master-maid the whole day, until night drew near, and he would gladly have stayed there till now if the Master-maid had not reminded him that it was time to be off to fetch the taxes before the giant came. Who acts: Prince, nig
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# The Blue Fairy Book, The Master-maid, part 1, sentence 76

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“Yes, I will keep that in mind,” said he, and then he sat there with the Master-maid the whole day, until night drew near, and he would gladly have stayed there till now if the Master-maid had not reminded him that it was time to be off to fetch the taxes before the giant came.

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**Who acts:** Prince, night, mind · **What happens:** keep, say, sit, draw, stay, not remind · **To what, where:** that, mind, Master maid, Prince, time, taxes · **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 (Prince, night, mind), 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:pg503:17:76
# text = “Yes, I will keep that in mind,” said he, and then he sat there with the Master-maid the whole day, until night drew near, and he would gladly have stayed there till now if the Master-maid had not reminded him that it was time to be off to fetch the taxes before the giant came.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
12	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	_
19	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
20	with	with	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	18	obl	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
30	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	_
31	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
32	near	near	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
36	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
37	gladly	gladly	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	_
38	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	aux	_	_
39	stayed	stay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	conj	_	_
40	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	39	advmod	_	_
41	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
42	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	50	advmod	_	_
43	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
45	Master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nsubj:pass	_	_
48	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
49	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	50	advmod	_	_
50	reminded	remind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	advcl	_	_
51	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	obj	_	_
52	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	66	mark	_	_
53	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
54	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	cop	_	_
55	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obl	_	_
56	to	to	PART	TO	_	58	mark	_	_
57	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	cop	_	_
58	off	off	ADP	RP	_	55	compound:prt	_	_
59	to	to	PART	TO	_	60	mark	_	_
60	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	xcomp	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	taxes	tax	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	obj	_	_
63	before	before	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	_
66	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | future | Prince | that |  | mind |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent that=Theme in mind=Location |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **sit** | past | Prince |  |  | there | then; day | with the Master maid | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **draw** | past | night |  |  |  |  | near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **stay** | would · perfect | Prince |  |  | there |  | gladly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **not** **remind** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive |  | the Master maid | Prince |  | now |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **is a** | past | mind | time |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | mind *not said here* | the taxes |  |  | before the giant |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tax=Theme |
| 9 | **come** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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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