--- title: When the great snake is coming there springs up a wind, and blows th… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the great snake is coming there springs up a wind, and blows the dust about, and this goes on till the great snake glides into the courtyard and calls for his dinner, which must always be ready for him in those big pots. Who acts: great snake, this, dinner. 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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 (great snake, this, dinner), 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:pg641:15:129 # text = When the great snake is coming there springs up a wind, and blows the dust about, and this goes on till the great snake glides into the courtyard and calls for his dinner, which must always be ready for him in those big pots. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 8 springs spring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 blows blow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 about about ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 nsubj _ _ 21 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 22 on on ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 till till SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 glides glide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 calls call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 38 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 41 advmod _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 41 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 46 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 pots pot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present · progressive | the great snake | | | there | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **spring up** | present | | a wind | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wind=Theme | | 3 | **blow** | present | | the dust | | | | about *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent dust=Patient | | 4 | **go on** | present | this | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **glide** | present | the great snake | | | the courtyard | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into courtyard=Destination | | 6 | **call** | present | the great snake *not said here* | | | | | for snake's dinner | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for dinner=Recipient | | 7 | **is** | must | snake's dinner | | | that big pots | | for snake; always, ready *property* | tree rules | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/128/) - next →: [sentence 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/130/) - ↑ back to [The Story of a Gazelle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/)