--- title: In the meantime, however, the Master Thief took the joint and ran of… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In the meantime, however, the Master Thief took the joint and ran off with it, and whether the Governor got any roast meat for his dinner that day I know not, but I know that he had no roast hare, though he chased it till he was both hot and tired. Who acts: Master Thief, Governor, I. 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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 (Master Thief, Governor, I), 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:pg540:9:124 # text = In the meantime, however, the Master Thief took the joint and ran off with it, and whether the Governor got any roast meat for his dinner that day I know not, but I know that he had no roast hare, though he chased it till he was both hot and tired. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 meantime meantime NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 however however ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Thief Thief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 joint joint NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 15 off off ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Governor governor NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 24 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 26 det _ _ 25 roast roast NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 42 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 44 det _ _ 43 roast roast NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 though though SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 chased chase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 till till SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 53 both both ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 advcl _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the Master Thief | the joint | | the meantime | | however *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent joint=Value in meantime=Location | | 2 | **run off** | past | the Master Thief *not said here* | | | | | with joint | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with it=Material | | 3 | **get** | past | the Governor | any roast meat | | | day | for Governor's dinner | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent meat=Theme for dinner=Source | | 4 | **not** **know** | present | I | that day *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer day=Stimulus | | 5 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **have** | past | Governor | no roast hare | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=Patient | | 7 | **chase** | past | Governor | meat | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | Governor | | | | | both, hot *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **be** | | Governor *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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/125/) - ↑ back to [The Master Thief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/)