--- title: As he was wandering disconsolately about the meadows round the palac… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As he was wandering disconsolately about the meadows round the palace, wondering how he could escape being put to death, a little bee flew past, and settling on his shoulder whispered in his ear, ‘What is troubling you, my kind benefactor? Who acts: Ferko, little bee, settling. 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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, little bee, settling), 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:pg640:14:64 # text = As he was wandering disconsolately about the meadows round the palace, wondering how he could escape being put to death, a little bee flew past, and settling on his shoulder whispered in his ear, ‘What is troubling you, my kind benefactor? 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 wandering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 5 disconsolately disconsolately ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 meadows meadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 round round ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 wondering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 14 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 18 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 xcomp _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 27 past past ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 settling settle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 csubj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 42 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 troubling trouble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 benefactor benefactor NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past · progressive | Ferko | | | | | about the meadows round the palace; disconsolately *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about meadow=Stimulus | | 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **escape** | could | Ferko | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **put** | gerund · passive | Ferko *not said here* | | | | | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP» | | 5 | **fly** | past | a little bee | | | | | past *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **settle** | gerund | | | | | | on Ferko's shoulder | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on shoulder=Topic | | 7 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | settling | | | Ferko's ear | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location | | 8 | **trouble** | present · progressive | | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/65/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/)