--- title: “Well to be sure, he is an easy master!” said the Prince to himself… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Well to be sure, he is an easy master!” said the Prince to himself as he walked up and down the room humming and singing, for he thought there would be plenty of time left to clean out the stable; “but it would be amusing to steal a glance into his other rooms as well,” thought the Prince, “for the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/8/) [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/) / 8 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Master-maid, part 1, sentence 8 “Well to be sure, he is an easy master!” said the Prince to himself as he walked up and down the room humming and singing, for he thought there would be plenty of time left to clean out the stable; “but it would be amusing to steal a glance into his other rooms as well,” thought the Prince, “for there must be something that he is afraid of my seeing, as I am not allowed to enter them.” **Who acts:** king, easy master, room, it, Prince · **What happens:** be, say, walk up, hum, sing, think · **To what, where:** easy master, king, plenty, stable, glance, other rooms · **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 (king, easy master, room, it), 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:pg503:17:8 # text = “Well to be sure, he is an easy master!” said the Prince to himself as he walked up and down the room humming and singing, for he thought there would be plenty of time left to clean out the stable; “but it would be amusing to steal a glance into his other rooms as well,” thought the Prince, “for there must be something that he is afraid of my seeing, as I am not allowed to enter them.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ! ! PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obl _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 22 up up ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 down down ADP IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 humming hum VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 34 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 ccomp _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 clean clean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 43 out out ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 47 “ " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 cop _ _ 52 amusing amusing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 nsubj _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 csubj _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 glance glance NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 into into ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 59 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ _ 61 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 54 advmod _ _ 62 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 61 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ” " PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ 65 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 69 “ " PUNCT `` _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 for for SCONJ IN _ 73 mark _ _ 71 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 73 expl _ _ 72 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 73 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 74 cop _ _ 74 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 65 obl _ _ 75 that that SCONJ IN _ 78 mark _ _ 76 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 78 nsubj _ _ 77 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 78 cop _ _ 78 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 acl:relcl _ _ 79 of of SCONJ IN _ 81 mark _ _ 80 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 81 nsubj _ _ 81 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 78 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 82 , , PUNCT , _ 87 punct _ _ 83 as as SCONJ IN _ 87 mark _ _ 84 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 87 nsubj:pass _ _ 85 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 87 aux:pass _ _ 86 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 87 advmod _ _ 87 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 65 conj _ _ 88 to to PART TO _ 89 mark _ _ 89 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 87 xcomp _ _ 90 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 89 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 91 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 92 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | king | a easy master | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | a easy master | | king | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to himself=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 4 | **walk up** | past | king | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hum** | gerund | the room | | | | | | vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V»: agent=Location | | 6 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the room *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past | king | | | there | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** | would | | plenty | | | time | | tree rules | | 9 | **leave** | participle | | plenty *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **clean out** | to-infinitive | | the stable | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent stable=Patient | | 11 | **is** *in a quote* | would | it | | | | | amusing *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **steal** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | a glance | | king's other rooms | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location glance=Theme | | 13 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | | something | | | | | tree rules | | 15 | **is** *in a quote* | present | king | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 16 | **see** *in a quote* | gerund | the Prince *= prince* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 17 | **not** **allow** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the Prince *= prince* | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 18 | **enter** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Prince *= prince* *not said here* | rooms *= room* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Destination | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/9/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/)