--- title: They saw the dead serpent and the young Prince standing over it, and… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: They saw the dead serpent and the young Prince standing over it, and the mother eagle said to him: “For many years our young ones have been devoured by that cruel serpent, and you have now saved the lives of our children; whenever you may need our help, send to us, and as for these little eagles, ta --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/58/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/) / [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/) / 58 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 4, sentence 58 They saw the dead serpent and the young Prince standing over it, and the mother eagle said to him: “For many years our young ones have been devoured by that cruel serpent, and you have now saved the lives of our children; whenever you may need our help, send to us, and as for these little eagles, take them, and let them be your servants.” **Who acts:** trees, mother eagle, cruel serpent, Prince, servants, our · **What happens:** see, stand, say, devour, save, need · **To what, where:** dead serpent, serpent, Prince, lives, help, us · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (trees, mother eagle, cruel serpent, Prince), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:4:58 # text = They saw the dead serpent and the young Prince standing over it, and the mother eagle said to him: “For many years our young ones have been devoured by that cruel serpent, and you have now saved the lives of our children; whenever you may need our help, send to us, and as for these little eagles, take them, and let them be your servants.” 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 10 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 11 over over ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 For for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 26 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 appos _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 devoured devour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 34 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 41 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 48 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 51 advmod _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 52 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 55 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 60 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 64 case _ _ 61 for for ADP IN _ 60 fixed _ _ 62 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 64 det _ _ 63 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 66 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 67 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 66 conj _ _ 71 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 obj _ _ 72 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 70 xcomp _ _ 73 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 74 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 ” " PUNCT '' _ 66 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | trees *= tree* | the dead serpent and the young Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stand** | gerund | trees *= tree* *not said here* | | | serpent | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over it=Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the mother eagle | | Prince | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **devour** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | that cruel serpent | | | | year | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **save** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Prince | the lives of our children | | | now | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 6 | **need** *in a quote* | may | Prince | our help | | | | whenever *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme | | 7 | **send** *in a quote* | infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | us | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to we=Destination | | 8 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | trees *= tree* | | | | as this little eagles | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Theme as eagle=Attribute | | 9 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | trees *= tree* | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **be** *in a quote* | infinitive | your servants | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **help** *in a quote* | | our | | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: poss=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:** «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/59/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/)