--- title: ‘Ah, well,’ said the Governor, ‘it is easy to see who has been here;… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Ah, well,’ said the Governor, ‘it is easy to see who has been here; but what a worthless set of fellows you must be to sit here and let the Master Thief steal the horses from under you!’ Who acts: Governor, Master Thief. 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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 (Governor, Master Thief), 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:pg540:9:198 # text = ‘Ah, well,’ said the Governor, ‘it is easy to see who has been here; but what a worthless set of fellows you must be to sit here and let the Master Thief steal the horses from under you!’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 well well INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ 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 Governor Governor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 expl _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advcl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 csubj _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 18 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 cop _ _ 20 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 parataxis _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 worthless worthless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 fellows fellow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 31 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 Thief Thief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 steal steal VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 under under ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ! ! PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Governor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | the Governor *not said here* | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | present · perfect | | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | infinitive | the Governor *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **sit** | to-infinitive | the Governor *not said here* | | | here | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | the Governor *not said here* | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **steal** | present | the Master Thief | the horses | | | | from you | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent horse=Theme from you=Source | 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 197](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/197/) - next →: [sentence 199](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/199/) - ↑ back to [The Master Thief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/)