--- title: And the queen bee hummed in the air, and sang of the revenge of the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And the queen bee hummed in the air, and sang of the revenge of the flowers, and of the elf of the rose and said that behind the smallest leaf dwells One, who can discover evil deeds, and punish them also. Who acts: queen bee. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Elf of the Rose. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (queen bee), 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:pg27200:30:85 # text = And the queen bee hummed in the air, and sang of the revenge of the flowers, and of the elf of the rose and said that behind the smallest leaf dwells One, who can discover evil deeds, and punish them also. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 5 hummed hum VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 revenge revenge NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 elf elf NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 behind behind ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 smallest small ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 32 amod _ _ 32 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 33 dwells dwell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 34 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 39 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 also also ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hum** | participle | | the queen bee *not said here* | | the air | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Location | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the queen bee | | | | | of the revenge of the flowers; of the elf of the rose | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the queen bee *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **dwell** | present | | One | | the smallest leaf | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme one=Location | | 5 | **discover** | can | | evil deeds | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Topic | | 6 | **punish** | infinitive | | bees *= bee* | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 7 | **revenge** | | | the flowers | | | | | nom revenge «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:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/30/84/) - next →: [The Elfin Hill, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/31/1/) - ↑ back to [The Elf of the Rose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/30/)