--- title: Then the King had Ferko brought before him, and said, ‘You are accus… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the King had Ferko brought before him, and said, ‘You are accused of being a magician who wishes to rob me of my daughter, and I condemn you to death; but if you can fulfil three tasks which I shall set you to do your life shall be spared, on condition you leave the country; but if you cannot p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/58/) [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 Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/) / 58 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1, sentence 58 Then the King had Ferko brought before him, and said, ‘You are accused of being a magician who wishes to rob me of my daughter, and I condemn you to death; but if you can fulfil three tasks which I shall set you to do your life shall be spared, on condition you leave the country; but if you cannot perform what I demand you shall be hung on the nearest tree.’ **Who acts:** King, Ferko, magician, I, you · **What happens:** have, bring, say, accuse, be, wish · **To what, where:** You, me, three tasks, life, condition, country · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, Ferko, magician, 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:pg640:14:58 # text = Then the King had Ferko brought before him, and said, ‘You are accused of being a magician who wishes to rob me of my daughter, and I condemn you to death; but if you can fulfil three tasks which I shall set you to do your life shall be spared, on condition you leave the country; but if you cannot perform what I demand you shall be hung on the nearest tree.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Ferko Ferko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 before before ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ‘ SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 14 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 accused accuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 ccomp _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 cop _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 wishes wish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 rob rob VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 condemn condemn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 fulfil fulfil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 42 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 tasks task NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 obj _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 51 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 53 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 spared spare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 on on ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 59 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 acl:relcl _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ; ; PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 64 but but CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 65 if if SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 66 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 67 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 68 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 69 advmod _ _ 69 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 70 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 69 obj _ _ 71 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 72 demand demand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 70 acl:relcl _ _ 73 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 76 nsubj _ _ 74 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 76 aux _ _ 75 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 76 aux:pass _ _ 76 hung hang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 72 ccomp _ _ 77 on on ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 79 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 80 amod _ _ 80 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 82 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the King | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | past | Ferko | | | | before King | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent before he=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **accuse** | present · passive | | You | | | | | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | of a magician | tree rules | | 6 | **wish** | present | a magician | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **rob** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a magician *not said here* | me | | | | of my daughter | vn rob-10.6.4 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent i=Theme of daughter=Source | | 8 | **condemn** | present | I | you | | | | to death | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 9 | **fulfil** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | you | three tasks | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **set** | shall | I | you | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **do** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **spare** | shall · passive | | your life | | condition | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: subject=Asset | | 13 | **leave** | present | you | the country | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Theme | | 14 | **not** **perform** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | you | | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 15 | **demand** *speech: request* | present | I | | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 16 | **hang** | shall · passive | | you | | the nearest tree | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on tree=Destination | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/59/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/)