--- title: So soon as he had him at his mercy, however, Mannikin, turning to th… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So soon as he had him at his mercy, however, Mannikin, turning to the Princess, assured her that he had no desire to kill anyone who called himself her courtier, and then he bade the furious and humiliated Fadasse rise and thank the Princess to whom he owed his life. 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:pg7277:16:37 # text = So soon as he had him at his mercy, however, Mannikin, turning to the Princess, assured her that he had no desire to kill anyone who called himself her courtier, and then he bade the furious and humiliated Fadasse rise and thank the Princess to whom he owed his life. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 however however ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 Mannikin Mannikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 20 assured assure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 26 det _ _ 26 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl _ _ 29 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 28 obj _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 obj _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 courtier courtier NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 furious furious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 humiliated humiliate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 44 Fadasse Fadasse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 rise rise NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 obl _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 owed owe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Mannikin | Fadasse | | Mannikin's mercy | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 2 | **turn** | gerund | Mannikin *not said here* | | | | | to the Princess *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to princess=Result | | 3 | **assure** | past | Mannikin | | Princess | | | however, soon *property* | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** | past | Mannikin | no desire | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desire=Patient | | 5 | **kill** | to-infinitive | Mannikin *not said here* | anyone | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme | | 6 | **call** | past | | Mannikin | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient | | 7 | **bade** | past | Mannikin | the furious | | | then | | tree rules | | 8 | **humiliate** | past | Mannikin *not said here* | Fadasse rise | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rise=Experiencer | | 9 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | Mannikin *not said here* | | the Princess | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | | 10 | **owe** | past | Mannikin | Mannikin's life | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent life=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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/38/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/)