--- title: Prince Mannikin in his turn told his own history, and the great unde… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Mannikin in his turn told his own history, and the great undertaking upon which he had set out, and King Bayard was able to give him some valuable instructions as to which would be the best way for him to proceed, and then they went together to the place where the boat had been left. 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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 (Mannikin, King Bayard, instructions), 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:pg7277:15:26 # text = Prince Mannikin in his turn told his own history, and the great undertaking upon which he had set out, and King Bayard was able to give him some valuable instructions as to which would be the best way for him to proceed, and then they went together to the place where the boat had been left. 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Mannikin Mannikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 undertaking undertaking NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 15 upon upon ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obl _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ _ 20 out out ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Bayard Bayard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 31 valuable valuable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 instructions instruction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 33 fixed _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 40 amod _ _ 40 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl:unmarked _ _ 41 for for SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 proceed proceed VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 50 together together ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 54 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 59 advmod _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj:pass _ _ 57 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Mannikin Prince in Mannikin's turn | Mannikin's own history | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent history=Recipient | | 2 | **set out** | past · perfect · passive | | Mannikin | | | | upon the great undertaking | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | King Bayard | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | to-infinitive | King Bayard *not said here* | some valuable instructions | Mannikin | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient instruction=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | would | | the best way | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **proceed** | to-infinitive | Mannikin | | | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **go together** | past | instructions *= instruction* | | | the place | then | together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **leave** | past · perfect · passive | | the boat | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/27/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/)