--- title: Ferko recognised the queen bee, and said, ‘Alas! how could you help… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Ferko recognised the queen bee, and said, ‘Alas! how could you help me? for I have been set to do a task which no one in the whole world could do, let him be ever such a genius! Who acts: Ferko, you, one. 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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, you, one), 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:pg640:14:67 # text = Ferko recognised the queen bee, and said, ‘Alas! how could you help me? for I have been set to do a task which no one in the whole world could do, let him be ever such a genius! 1 Ferko Ferko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 recognised recognise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Alas alas INTJ UH _ 16 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ! ! PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ 13 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 14 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 29 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 30 det _ _ 30 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 41 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 38 xcomp _ _ 42 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 44 det:predet _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 genius genius NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recognise** | past | Ferko | the queen bee | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bee=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ferko *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **help** | could | you | | me | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | | 4 | **set** | present · perfect · passive | | I | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | | a task | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Eventuality | | 6 | **do** | could | no one in the whole world | a task | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | Ferko | | | | such genius *obl:unmarked* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **is** | infinitive | Ferko *not said here* | | | | | ever *property* | tree rules | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/68/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/)