--- title: The bees flew out in a huge swarm, and made furiously for the panthe… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The bees flew out in a huge swarm, and made furiously for the panther, whom they attacked on all sides, while the baboon soon climbed up out of the way, crying, as he perched himself on the branch of a tree, ‘I wish you joy of your children!’ while from afar the jackal’s voice was heard exclaiming: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/106/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / [The Pink Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/) / 106 # The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 34, sentence 106 The bees flew out in a huge swarm, and made furiously for the panther, whom they attacked on all sides, while the baboon soon climbed up out of the way, crying, as he perched himself on the branch of a tree, ‘I wish you joy of your children!’ while from afar the jackal’s voice was heard exclaiming: ‘Sting, her well! don’t let her go!’ **Who acts:** bees, baboon, swarm, I, side · **What happens:** fly out, make, attack, climb up, cry, perch · **To what, where:** huge swarm, panther, sides, way, swarm, branch This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 34. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bees, baboon, swarm, 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:pg5615:34:106 # text = The bees flew out in a huge swarm, and made furiously for the panther, whom they attacked on all sides, while the baboon soon climbed up out of the way, crying, as he perched himself on the branch of a tree, ‘I wish you joy of your children!’ while from afar the jackal’s voice was heard exclaiming: ‘Sting, her well! don’t let her go!’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 swarm swarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 furiously furiously ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 panther panther NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 obj _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 attacked attack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 22 det _ _ 22 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 while while SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 baboon baboon NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ _ 28 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 out out ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 perched perch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 obj _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 iobj _ _ 52 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 58 while while SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 59 from from ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 afar afar NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 jackal jackal NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ’s 's PART POS _ 62 case _ _ 64 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ _ 65 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 aux:pass _ _ 66 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 67 exclaiming exclaim VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 66 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 68 : : PUNCT : _ 70 punct _ _ 69 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 Sting sting NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 72 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 conj _ _ 73 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 77 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 ! ! PUNCT . _ 73 punct _ _ 75 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 77 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 76 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 77 advmod _ _ 77 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 78 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 obj _ _ 79 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 77 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 80 ! ! PUNCT . _ 79 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 77 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly out** | past | the bees | | | a huge swarm | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | past | the bees *not said here* | | | | | for the panther; furiously *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for panther=Asset | | 3 | **attack** | past | bees *= bee* | the panther | | all sides | | | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Patient | | 4 | **climb up** | past | the baboon | | | the way | | soon *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out way=Trajectory | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | the baboon *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **perch** | past | swarm | swarm | | the branch of a tree | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme on branch=Destination | | 7 | **wish** | present | I | joy of your children | you | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **hear** | past · passive | the bees *not said here* | | | afar the jackal's voice | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source how S»: from afar=Source clause=Topic | | 9 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | gerund | the bees *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **not** **let** | infinitive · do-support | the bees *not said here* | side | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **go** | infinitive | side *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **joy** | | | your children | | | | | nom joy «feeling 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/107/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/)