--- title: “Master-maid?” said the Prince; “yesterday my master talked about th… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Master-maid?” said the Prince; “yesterday my master talked about this Master-maid, and to-day he is talking about her again, and the first day of all it was talk of the same kind. Who acts: Prince, master, first day. 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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 (Prince, master, first day), 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:pg503:17:95 # text = “Master-maid?” said the Prince; “yesterday my master talked about this Master-maid, and to-day he is talking about her again, and the first day of all it was talk of the same kind. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 16 about about ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 18 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 parataxis _ _ 29 about about ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 36 amod _ _ 36 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 nmod _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 parataxis _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **talk** *in a quote* | past | my master | | | | | about this Master maid | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about maid=Topic | | 3 | **talk** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Prince | | | | again; day | about maid | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about she=Topic | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the first day of all | talk | | | | of the same kind | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/96/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/)