--- title: When the snake was told of this new condition, he replied, ‘To-morro… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the snake was told of this new condition, he replied, ‘To-morrow morning, early, you must go and collect all the odds and ends of rubbish you can find in the streets, and then take them and throw them on the paths and walls of the garden, and you’ll see then if we won’t be more than a match for --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/19/) [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/) / 19 # The Green Fairy Book, The Enchanted Snake, sentence 19 When the snake was told of this new condition, he replied, ‘To-morrow morning, early, you must go and collect all the odds and ends of rubbish you can find in the streets, and then take them and throw them on the paths and walls of the garden, and you’ll see then if we won’t be more than a match for the old King.’ **Who acts:** King, you, we · **What happens:** tell, reply, go, collect, find, take · **To what, where:** snake, odds, rubbish, streets, paths · **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 (King, you, we), 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:pg7277:25:19 # text = When the snake was told of this new condition, he replied, ‘To-morrow morning, early, you must go and collect all the odds and ends of rubbish you can find in the streets, and then take them and throw them on the paths and walls of the garden, and you’ll see then if we won’t be more than a match for the old King.’ 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 8 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 To to ADP IN _ 18 case _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 collect collect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 odds odd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 ends end NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 43 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 paths path NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 conj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 58 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 61 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 60 advmod _ _ 62 if if SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 63 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 64 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 65 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 67 advmod _ _ 66 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 67 cop _ _ 67 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 60 obj _ _ 68 than than ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 match match NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ _ 71 for for ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 74 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | the snake | | | | of this new condition; early *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | King | | | | morning | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** | must | you | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **collect** | infinitive | you *not said here* | all odds and ends of rubbish | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent odd=Theme | | 5 | **find** | can | you | rubbish *not said here* | | the streets | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rubbish=Topic | | 6 | **take** | infinitive | | odds *= odd* | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **throw** | infinitive | | odds *= odd* | | the paths and walls of the garden | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme on path=Destination | | 8 | **see** | future | you | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | we | | | | | than a match for the old King; more *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 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/20/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/)