--- title: When they found that Prince Mannikin, instead of saying, ‘Shoot them… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they found that Prince Mannikin, instead of saying, ‘Shoot them,’ as they had feared, said ‘Hi, good dog!’ in a thoroughly friendly and ingratiating way, they crowded round him with a great wagging of tails and giving of paws, and very soon made him understand that they wanted him to leave his --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/4/) [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 Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Heart of Ice, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/) / 4 # The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 2, sentence 4 When they found that Prince Mannikin, instead of saying, ‘Shoot them,’ as they had feared, said ‘Hi, good dog!’ in a thoroughly friendly and ingratiating way, they crowded round him with a great wagging of tails and giving of paws, and very soon made him understand that they wanted him to leave his men with the boat and follow them. **Who acts:** forms, Mannikin · **What happens:** find, say, shoot, fear, ingratiate, crowd · **To what, where:** Mannikin, forms, friendly, way, men · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (forms, Mannikin), 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:pg7277:15:4 # text = When they found that Prince Mannikin, instead of saying, ‘Shoot them,’ as they had feared, said ‘Hi, good dog!’ in a thoroughly friendly and ingratiating way, they crowded round him with a great wagging of tails and giving of paws, and very soon made him understand that they wanted him to leave his men with the boat and follow them. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:desc _ _ 6 Mannikin Mannikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 10 mark _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 feared fear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Hi hi INTJ UH _ 27 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ! ! PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 thoroughly thoroughly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 ingratiating ingratiate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 36 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 crowded crowd VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 40 round round ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 wagging wagging NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 conj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 paws paw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 very very ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 56 advmod _ _ 56 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 57 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 xcomp _ _ 59 that that SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 60 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 ccomp _ _ 62 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 xcomp _ _ 65 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obj _ _ 67 with with ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 71 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 conj _ _ 72 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | forms *= form* | Mannikin Prince | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mannikin=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | forms *= form* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **shoot** | infinitive | | forms *= form* | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **fear** | past · perfect · passive | | forms *= form* | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | a friendly | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in friendly=Manner | | 6 | **ingratiate** | gerund | | way | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **crowd** | past | forms *= form* | | | | | round dog; with a great wagging of tails | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme round he=Destination | | 8 | **give** | gerund | forms *= form* *not said here* | | | | | of paws | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **make** | past | | Mannikin | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **understand** | infinitive | Mannikin *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 11 | **want** | past | forms *= form* | Mannikin | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Mannikin *not said here* | | Mannikin's men | | | with the boat | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent man=Recipient with boat=Theme | | 13 | **follow** | infinitive | Mannikin *not said here* | forms *= form* | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/5/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/)