--- title: When Cola-Mattheo brought this answer back to the snake, the little… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When Cola-Mattheo brought this answer back to the snake, the little creature didn’t seem the least put out, but said, ‘To-morrow morning, before sunrise, you must go to the wood and gather a bunch of green herbs, and then rub the threshold of the palace with them, and you’ll see what will happen.’ W --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/14/) [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 Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [The Enchanted Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/) / 14 # The Green Fairy Book, The Enchanted Snake, sentence 14 When Cola-Mattheo brought this answer back to the snake, the little creature didn’t seem the least put out, but said, ‘To-morrow morning, before sunrise, you must go to the wood and gather a bunch of green herbs, and then rub the threshold of the palace with them, and you’ll see what will happen.’ **Who acts:** Cola, little creature, you · **What happens:** bring back, not seem, put out, say, go, gather · **To what, where:** answer, snake, wood, bunch, threshold · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Enchanted Snake. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Cola, little creature, you), 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:pg7277:25:14 # text = When Cola-Mattheo brought this answer back to the snake, the little creature didn’t seem the least put out, but said, ‘To-morrow morning, before sunrise, you must go to the wood and gather a bunch of green herbs, and then rub the threshold of the palace with them, and you’ll see what will happen.’ 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 Cola Cola PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Mattheo Mattheo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 5 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 17 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 seem seem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 advmod _ _ 21 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 xcomp _ _ 22 out out ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 To to ADP IN _ 31 case _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 before before ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 sunrise sunrise NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 bunch bunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 52 advmod _ _ 52 rub rub VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 threshold threshold NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 with with ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 62 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 parataxis _ _ 65 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 67 nsubj _ _ 66 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 64 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring back** | past | Cola | this answer | the snake | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent answer=Theme to snake=Destination | | 2 | **not** **seem** | past · do-support | the little creature | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **put out** | participle | the little creature *not said here* | | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Cola *not said here* | | | | morning | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **go** | must | you | | | the wood | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to wood=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **gather** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a bunch of green herbs | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bunch=Theme | | 7 | **rub** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the threshold of the palace with Cola | | | then | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent threshold=Theme | | 8 | **see** | future | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **happen** | future | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «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:** «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/15/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/)