--- title: But the young King gave the three snake-leaves to a servant, saying… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the young King gave the three snake-leaves to a servant, saying to him, ‘Keep them carefully for me, and always carry them with you; who knows but that they may help us in a time of need!’ Who acts: young King, leaves. 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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 (young King, leaves), 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:pg7277:46:36 # text = But the young King gave the three snake-leaves to a servant, saying to him, ‘Keep them carefully for me, and always carry them with you; who knows but that they may help us in a time of need!’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 8 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 28 advmod _ _ 28 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 40 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ! ! PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the young King | the three snake leaves | a servant | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme to servant=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the young King *not said here* | | King | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 3 | **keep** | infinitive | the young King *not said here* | leaves *= leaf* | | | | for me; carefully *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **carry** | infinitive | the young King *not said here* | leaves *= leaf* | | | | with you; always *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **know** | present | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **help** | may | leaves *= leaf* | | us | | time | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/46/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/46/37/) - ↑ back to [The Three Snake-leaves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/46/)