--- title: Then the serpent said to Jenik, ‘Go wherever you see me go,’ for in… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the serpent said to Jenik, ‘Go wherever you see me go,’ for in the autumn, when all the serpents hide themselves in their holes, this serpent was going in search of his king, who was king of all the snakes. Who acts: serpent, you, serpents, 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 (serpent, you, serpents, 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:pg7277:8:18 # text = Then the serpent said to Jenik, ‘Go wherever you see me go,’ for in the autumn, when all the serpents hide themselves in their holes, this serpent was going in search of his king, who was king of all the snakes. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Jenik Jenik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 10 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 autumn autumn NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 when when SCONJ WRB _ 26 mark _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 25 det:predet _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 serpents serpent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 hide hide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 27 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 acl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 appos _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 48 det:predet _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the serpent | | Jenik | | then | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to jenik=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | present | you | me | | | | wherever *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hide** | present | all serpents | party | | party's holes | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient in hole=Location | | 6 | **go** | past · progressive | this serpent | party's holes *not said here* | | search of serpent's king | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hole=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | past | serpent's king | king | | | | of all snakes | tree rules | | 8 | **search** | | | serpent's king | | | | | nom search «act transitive»: of=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/19/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/)