--- title: Ferko at once recognised the wolf whose broken leg he had healed, an… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Ferko at once recognised the wolf whose broken leg he had healed, and told him what he had to do the following day if he wished to escape with his life. Who acts: Ferko. 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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), 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:pg640:15:25 # text = Ferko at once recognised the wolf whose broken leg he had healed, and told him what he had to do the following day if he wished to escape with his life. 1 Ferko Ferko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 obl _ _ 4 recognised recognise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 healed heal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 obj _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 amod _ _ 24 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recognise** | past | Ferko | the wolf the wolf the wolf's broken leg's broken leg | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wolf=Stimulus | | 2 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **heal** | past · perfect | Ferko | the wolf the wolf broken leg's broken leg's broken leg *not said here* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent leg=Patient | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Ferko *not said here* | | Ferko | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** | past | Ferko | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | Ferko *not said here* | | | | day | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Ferko | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **escape** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ferko *not said here* | | | | | with Ferko's life | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/26/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/)