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title: When day came the Master Thief came too, and wanted to have the Gove… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: When day came the Master Thief came too, and wanted to have the Governor’s daughter as had been promised, and the Governor dared do no otherwise than give her to him, and much money besides, for he feared that if he did not the Master Thief might steal the very eyes out of his head, and that he hims
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# The Red Fairy Book, The Master Thief, sentence 252

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When day came the Master Thief came too, and wanted to have the Governor’s daughter as had been promised, and the Governor dared do no otherwise than give her to him, and much money besides, for he feared that if he did not the Master Thief might steal the very eyes out of his head, and that he himself would be ill spoken of by all men.

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**Who acts:** day, Master Thief, Governor, much money · **What happens:** come, want, have, promise, dare, give · **To what, where:** daughter, no, heaven, eyes, head · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (day, Master Thief, Governor, much money), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg540:9:252
# text = When day came the Master Thief came too, and wanted to have the Governor’s daughter as had been promised, and the Governor dared do no otherwise than give her to him, and much money besides, for he feared that if he did not the Master Thief might steal the very eyes out of his head, and that he himself would be ill spoken of by all men.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Master	Master	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Thief	Thief	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Governor	Governor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	’s	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
18	as	as	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
19	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	promised	promise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	Governor	Governor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
26	dared	dare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
27	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
28	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	26	obj	_	_
29	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
30	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
31	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	advcl	_	_
32	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	iobj	_	_
33	to	to	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
37	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	_
39	besides	beside	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
42	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
43	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	advcl	_	_
44	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
45	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
46	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
47	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
48	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	53	advmod	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	Master	Master	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	compound	_	_
51	Thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nsubj	_	_
52	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
53	steal	steal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	ccomp	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
55	very	very	ADV	RB	_	56	advmod	_	_
56	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obj	_	_
57	out	out	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
58	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	60	nmod:poss	_	_
60	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
63	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	68	mark	_	_
64	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	68	nsubj	_	_
65	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	64	nmod:unmarked	_	_
66	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	68	aux	_	_
67	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	68	cop	_	_
68	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	advcl	_	_
69	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	parataxis	_	_
70	of	of	ADP	IN	_	69	obl	_	_
71	by	by	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
72	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	73	det	_	_
73	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	69	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | day |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | past | the Master Thief |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **want** | past | the Master Thief *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Master Thief *not said here* | the Governor's daughter |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient |
| 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect · passive | the Master Thief *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S» |
| 6 | **dare** | past | the Governor | no |  |  |  | otherwise *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent no=Recipient |
| 7 | **give** | infinitive | the Governor *not said here* |  | heaven |  |  | to Governor | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to he=Recipient |
| 8 | **beside** | present | much money |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **fear** | past | Governor |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 10 | **not** **steal** *a condition, not said to happen* | might · past · do-support | Governor | the eyes |  | Governor's head |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent eye=Theme out head=Source |
| 11 | **is** | would | Governor |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |
| 12 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by all men | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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