--- title: But the Governor again put him off with fine words, and only gave hi… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the Governor again put him off with fine words, and only gave him three hundred dollars, saying that he must do one more masterpiece of skill, and if he were but able to do that he should have her. Who acts: Governor. 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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), 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:pg540:9:223 # text = But the Governor again put him off with fine words, and only gave him three hundred dollars, saying that he must do one more masterpiece of skill, and if he were but able to do that he should have her. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Governor Governor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 only only ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 compound _ _ 17 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 dollars dollar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 26 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 27 amod _ _ 27 masterpiece masterpiece NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put off** | infinitive | the Governor | | hole | | again | with fine words | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | | 2 | **give** | past | | hundred dollars | Governor | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient dollar=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** | must | Governor | one more masterpiece of skill | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent masterpiece=Eventuality | | 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Governor | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | Governor *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **have** | should | Governor | woman | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 222](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/222/) - next →: [sentence 224](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/224/) - ↑ back to [The Master Thief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/)