--- title: Ferko again proceeded on his journey, but he hadn’t gone far before… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Ferko again proceeded on his journey, but he hadn’t gone far before a queen bee flew against him, trailing one wing behind her, which had been cruelly torn in two by a big bird. Who acts: Ferko, queen bee, big bird. 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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 (Ferko, queen bee, big bird), 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:pg640:14:47 # text = Ferko again proceeded on his journey, but he hadn’t gone far before a queen bee flew against him, trailing one wing behind her, which had been cruelly torn in two by a big bird. 1 Ferko Ferko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 11 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 13 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 14 before before SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 19 against against ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 trailing trail VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 behind behind ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 aux:pass _ _ 31 cruelly cruelly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 obl _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **proceed** | past | Ferko | | | Ferko's journey | again | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **go** | past · perfect | Ferko | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fly** | past | a queen bee | | | | | against Ferko; far *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent against he=Location | | 4 | **trail** | gerund | a queen bee *not said here* | one wing | | | | behind bee | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wing=Theme behind she=Trajectory | | 5 | **tear** | past · perfect · passive | a big bird | | | two | | cruelly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **journey** | | Ferko | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/48/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/)