--- title: They quickly saw the dead serpent and the young Prince standing over… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They quickly saw the dead serpent and the young Prince standing over it; and the old mother eagle said to him, "Dear boy, for many years all our young ones have been devoured by that cruel serpent; you have now saved the lives of our children; whenever you are in need, therefore, send to us and we w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/54/) [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/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/) / 54 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4, sentence 54 They quickly saw the dead serpent and the young Prince standing over it; and the old mother eagle said to him, "Dear boy, for many years all our young ones have been devoured by that cruel serpent; you have now saved the lives of our children; whenever you are in need, therefore, send to us and we will help you; and as for these little eagles, take them, and let them be your servants." **Who acts:** birds, dead serpent, old mother eagle, cruel serpent, Prince, we · **What happens:** see, stand, say, devour, save, be · **To what, where:** dead serpent, serpent, Prince, young ones, lives, need · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, 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 (birds, dead serpent, old mother eagle, cruel serpent), 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:pg7128:10:54 # text = They quickly saw the dead serpent and the young Prince standing over it; and the old mother eagle said to him, "Dear boy, for many years all our young ones have been devoured by that cruel serpent; you have now saved the lives of our children; whenever you are in need, therefore, send to us and we will help you; 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 3 nsubj _ _ 2 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 11 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 12 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 32 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 devoured devour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 40 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 46 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 53 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 61 advmod _ _ 54 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 55 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 59 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 61 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 obl _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 65 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 conj _ _ 68 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 67 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ; ; PUNCT : _ 77 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 71 as as ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 72 for for ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 73 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 75 det _ _ 74 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 77 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 78 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 80 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 81 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 77 conj _ _ 82 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 81 obj _ _ 83 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 81 xcomp _ _ 84 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 85 nmod:poss _ _ 85 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 83 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 77 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 87 " " PUNCT '' _ 77 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | birds *= bird* | the dead serpent and the young Prince | | | | quickly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **stand** | gerund | the dead serpent and the young Prince *not said here* | | | serpent | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over it=Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old mother eagle | | Prince | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 4 | **devour** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | that cruel serpent | our young ones | | | year | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 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 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Prince | | | need | | | tree rules | | 7 | **send** *in a quote* | infinitive | birds *= bird* *not said here* | | us | | | therefore, whenever *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to we=Destination | | 8 | **help** *in a quote* | future | we | | Prince | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | | 9 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | birds *= bird* | | | | as this little eagles | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Theme as eagle=Attribute | | 10 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | birds *= bird* | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **be** *in a quote* | infinitive | your servants | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/55/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/)