--- title: When the snake reached the palace, all the courtiers shook and tremb… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the snake reached the palace, all the courtiers shook and trembled with fear down to the very scullion, and the King and Queen were in such a state of nervous collapse that they hid themselves in a far-away turret. Who acts: snake, courtiers, King. 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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 (snake, courtiers, King), 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:pg7277:25:32 # text = When the snake reached the palace, all the courtiers shook and trembled with fear down to the very scullion, and the King and Queen were in such a state of nervous collapse that they hid themselves in a far-away turret. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 trembled tremble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 down down ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 very very ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 scullion scullion NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 31 det:predet _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 nervous nervous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 collapse collapse NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 41 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 away away ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 turret turret NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | the snake | the palace | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent palace=Theme | | 2 | **shake** | past | all courtiers | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **tremble down** | past | all courtiers *not said here* | | | | | with fear; to the scullion; down *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | the King and Queen | | | such state | | of nervous collapse | tree rules | | 5 | **hide** | past | courtiers *= courtier* | courtiers *= courtier* | | a turret | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient in turret=Location | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/33/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/)