--- title: When the Governor learnt what had happened to the Priest he laughed… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the Governor learnt what had happened to the Priest he laughed till he nearly killed himself, but when the Master Thief came and wanted to have his daughter according to promise, he once more gave him nothing but fine words, and said, ‘You must give me one more proof of your skill, so that I ca --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/157/) [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 Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [The Master Thief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/) / 157 # The Red Fairy Book, The Master Thief, sentence 157 When the Governor learnt what had happened to the Priest he laughed till he nearly killed himself, but when the Master Thief came and wanted to have his daughter according to promise, he once more gave him nothing but fine words, and said, ‘You must give me one more proof of your skill, so that I can really judge of your worth. **Who acts:** Governor, Master Thief, daughter, Priest, You, I · **What happens:** learn, happen, laugh, kill, come, want · **To what, where:** Priest, daughter, nothing, Governor, one more proof, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master Thief. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Governor, Master Thief, daughter, Priest), 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:pg540:9:157 # text = When the Governor learnt what had happened to the Priest he laughed till he nearly killed himself, but when the Master Thief came and wanted to have his daughter according to promise, he once more gave him nothing but fine words, and said, ‘You must give me one more proof of your skill, so that I can really judge of your worth. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Governor Governor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 learnt learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Priest Priest PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 till till SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 17 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 when when SCONJ WRB _ 24 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 Thief Thief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 according accord VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 xcomp _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 38 advmod _ _ 37 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 38 advmod _ _ 38 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 38 obj _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 ccomp _ _ 52 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 iobj _ _ 53 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 55 nummod _ _ 54 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 55 amod _ _ 55 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 60 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 65 mark _ _ 61 that that SCONJ IN _ 60 fixed _ _ 62 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 63 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 64 really really ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 65 judge judge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 parataxis _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 worth worth NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | past | the Governor | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | to the Priest | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **laugh** | past | Governor | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **kill** | past | Governor | Priest | | | | nearly *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | the Master Thief | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **want** | past | the Master Thief *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Master Thief *not said here* | Priest's daughter | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **accord** | gerund | Priest's daughter *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **promise** *speech: promise* | to-infinitive | Priest's daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **give** | past | Priest | nothing | Governor | | | once *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient nothing=Theme | | 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Priest *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 12 | **give** | must | You | one more proof of your skill | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient proof=Theme | | 13 | **judge** | can | I | | | | | of your worth | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent of worth=Theme | | 14 | **proof** | | | your skill | | | | | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/156/) - next →: [sentence 158](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/158/) - ↑ back to [The Master Thief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/)