--- title: The Snake, slightly hissing, said: “There can henceforth be no peace… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Snake, slightly hissing, said: “There can henceforth be no peace between us; for whenever I see you I shall remember the loss of my tail, and whenever you see me you will be thinking of the death of your son.” Who acts: Snake, you, son. 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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 (Snake, you, son), 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:pg21:5:6 # text = The Snake, slightly hissing, said: “There can henceforth be no peace between us; for whenever I see you I shall remember the loss of my tail, and whenever you see me you will be thinking of the death of your son.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 slightly slightly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 hissing hiss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 13 expl _ _ 11 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 henceforth henceforth ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 14 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 15 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ _ 16 between between ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 22 advmod _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 36 advmod _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux _ _ 41 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 ccomp _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hiss** | gerund | the Snake *not said here* | | | | | slightly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Snake | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | | no peace | | | | between us | tree rules | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | present | the Snake *= snake* | you | | | | whenever *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 5 | **remember** *in a quote* | shall | the Snake *= snake* | the loss of my tail | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent loss=Theme | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | present | you | the Snake *= snake* | | | | whenever *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | future · progressive | you | | | | | of the death of your son | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **die** *in a quote* | | your son | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent | 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:** «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Project Gutenberg book 21 (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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/7/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/)