--- title: When Sabatella, for that was the name of the peasant’s wife, saw the… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When Sabatella, for that was the name of the peasant’s wife, saw the little beast, she sighed deeply and said, ‘Even the snakes have their brood; I alone am unfortunate and have no children.’ Who acts: that, Sabatella, snakes, I. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (that, Sabatella, snakes, I), 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:pg7277:25:3 # text = When Sabatella, for that was the name of the peasant’s wife, saw the little beast, she sighed deeply and said, ‘Even the snakes have their brood; I alone am unfortunate and have no children.’ 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 2 Sabatella Sabatella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’s 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 sighed sigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Even even ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 brood brood NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 alone alone ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 unfortunate unfortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 parataxis _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | that | | | | | for the name; of the peasant's wife | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | Sabatella | the little beast | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beast=Stimulus | | 3 | **sigh** | past | Sabatella | | | | | deeply *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Sabatella *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** | present | the snakes | twigs's brood | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brood=Patient | | 6 | **is** | present | I | | | | | unfortunate *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | present | I *not said here* | no children | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/4/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/)