--- title: The contrast between the two champions was so great that there was a… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The contrast between the two champions was so great that there was a shout of laughter from the whole assembly; but when at the sounding of a trumpet the combatants rushed upon each other, and Mannikin, eluding the blow aimed at him, succeeded in thrusting Prince Fadasse from his horse and pinning h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/36/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/) / 36 # The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 3, sentence 36 The contrast between the two champions was so great that there was a shout of laughter from the whole assembly; but when at the sounding of a trumpet the combatants rushed upon each other, and Mannikin, eluding the blow aimed at him, succeeded in thrusting Prince Fadasse from his horse and pinning him to the sand with his spear, it changed to a murmur of admiration. **Who acts:** contrast, shout, combatants, Mannikin · **What happens:** be, rush, elude, aim, succeed, thrust · **To what, where:** sounding, blow, Fadasse, Mannikin, laughter, admiration This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (contrast, shout, combatants, 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:pg7277:16:36 # text = The contrast between the two champions was so great that there was a shout of laughter from the whole assembly; but when at the sounding of a trumpet the combatants rushed upon each other, and Mannikin, eluding the blow aimed at him, succeeded in thrusting Prince Fadasse from his horse and pinning him to the sand with his spear, it changed to a murmur of admiration. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 contrast contrast NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 between between ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 champions champion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 12 expl _ _ 12 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 shout shout NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 assembly assembly NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 sounding sounding NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 trumpet trumpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 combatants combatant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 33 upon upon ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 32 obl _ _ 35 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 38 Mannikin Mannikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 eluding elude VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 aimed aim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 47 succeeded succeed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 48 in in SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 49 thrusting thrust VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ _ 50 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod:desc _ _ 51 Fadasse Fadasse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 from from ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 pinning pin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 conj _ _ 57 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 61 with with ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 65 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 67 to to ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 murmur murmur NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 admiration admiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the contrast between the two champions | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | past | a shout of laughter from the whole assembly | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **rush** | past | the combatants | | | the sounding of a trumpet | | upon each | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at sounding=Trajectory | | 4 | **elude** | gerund | Mannikin *not said here* | the blow | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent blow=Location | | 5 | **aim** | participle | | the blow *not said here* | | | | at Mannikin | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **succeed** | past | Mannikin | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **thrust** | gerund | Mannikin *not said here* | Fadasse Prince | | | | from Mannikin's horse | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent fadasse=Theme from horse=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **pin** | gerund | Mannikin *not said here* | Mannikin | | | | to the sand; with Mannikin's spear | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient to sand=Co-Patient with spear=Instrument | | 9 | **change** | past | shout | | | | | to a murmur of admiration *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Agent to murmur=Result | | 10 | **shout** | | | laughter from the whole assembly | | | | | nom shout «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **murmur** | | | admiration | | | | | nom murmur «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/37/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/)