--- title: Snati noticed that his master was at a loss, and said to him that he… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Snati noticed that his master was at a loss, and said to him that he should not disregard what the King had asked him to do; but he would have to act upon his advice, otherwise he would get into great difficulties. Who acts: Snati, master, King. 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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 (Snati, master, King), 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:pg640:42:97 # text = Snati noticed that his master was at a loss, and said to him that he should not disregard what the King had asked him to do; but he would have to act upon his advice, otherwise he would get into great difficulties. 1 Snati Snati PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 disregard disregard VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 20 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 obj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 act act VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 upon upon ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 difficulties difficulty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **notice** | past | Snati | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | Snati's master | | | a loss | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | Snati | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **disregard** | should | Snati | | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · perfect | the King | | Snati | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **have** | would | Snati | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **act** | to-infinitive | Snati *not said here* | | | | | upon Snati's advice | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **get** | would | Snati | | | great difficulties | | otherwise *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into difficulty=Destination | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/98/) - ↑ back to [Prince Ring (30)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/)