--- title: This was accordingly done, and Prince Mannikin heard that already fi… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This was accordingly done, and Prince Mannikin heard that already five hundred Princes had perished in the snow and ice, not to mention their squires and pages, and that more continued to arrive daily, eager to try their fortune. Who acts: Mannikin. 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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), 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:pg7277:16:17 # text = This was accordingly done, and Prince Mannikin heard that already five hundred Princes had perished in the snow and ice, not to mention their squires and pages, and that more continued to arrive daily, eager to try their fortune. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 accordingly accordingly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:desc _ _ 8 Mannikin Mannikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 11 already already ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 compound _ _ 13 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 Princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 perished perish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 ccomp _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 mention mention VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 squires squire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 pages page NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 continued continue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 arrive arrive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 daily daily ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 eager eager ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · passive | | This | | | | accordingly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **hear** | past | Mannikin Prince | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **perish** | past · perfect · passive | | hundred Princes | | the snow and ice | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **mention** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Mannikin Prince *not said here* | snow's squires and pages | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent squire=Topic | | 5 | **continue** | participle · passive | | more | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **arrive** | to-infinitive | | | | | | daily *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **try** | to-infinitive | | pages's fortune | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Eventuality | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/18/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/)