--- title: When the peasant informed the snake what the King had said, he repli… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the peasant informed the snake what the King had said, he replied, ‘To-morrow morning, early, you must go to the market and buy all the fruit you see there, and then sow all the stones and seeds in the palace garden, and, if I’m not mistaken, the King will be satisfied with the result.’ Who act --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/24/) [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/) / 24 # The Green Fairy Book, The Enchanted Snake, sentence 24 When the peasant informed the snake what the King had said, he replied, ‘To-morrow morning, early, you must go to the market and buy all the fruit you see there, and then sow all the stones and seeds in the palace garden, and, if I’m not mistaken, the King will be satisfied with the result.’ **Who acts:** peasant, King, you · **What happens:** inform, say, reply, go, buy, see · **To what, where:** snake, market, fruit, stones, palace garden · **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 (peasant, King, 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:pg7277:25:24 # text = When the peasant informed the snake what the King had said, he replied, ‘To-morrow morning, early, you must go to the market and buy all the fruit you see there, and then sow all the stones and seeds in the palace garden, and, if I’m not mistaken, the King will be satisfied with the result.’ 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 informed inform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 obj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 To to ADP IN _ 20 case _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 market market NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 41 sow sow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 42 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 44 det:predet _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 seeds seed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 54 if if SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’m be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 57 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 58 advmod _ _ 58 mistaken mistaken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 62 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 63 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 64 cop _ _ 64 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 parataxis _ _ 65 with with ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 result result NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ 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 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | the peasant | | the snake | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent snake=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | the King | the snake | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | King | | | | morning | early *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** | must | you | | | the market | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to market=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **buy** | infinitive | you *not said here* | all fruit | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme | | 6 | **see** | present | you | all fruit *not said here* | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fruit=Stimulus | | 7 | **sow** | infinitive | you *not said here* | all stones and seeds | | the palace garden | then | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Theme in garden=Destination | | 8 | **is** | future | the King | | | | | with the result; satisfied *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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/25/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/)