--- title: Mannikin at once replied, relating all that had happened since they… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Mannikin at once replied, relating all that had happened since they parted, not forgetting to mention the event which had just involved Farda-Kinbras and Brandatimor in this deadly quarrel, and he ended by entreating his faithful friend to despatch a few thousands of his veteran spaniels to his assi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/75/) [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/) / 75 # The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 3, sentence 75 Mannikin at once replied, relating all that had happened since they parted, not forgetting to mention the event which had just involved Farda-Kinbras and Brandatimor in this deadly quarrel, and he ended by entreating his faithful friend to despatch a few thousands of his veteran spaniels to his assistance. **Who acts:** that, services, event, Mannikin, veteran · **What happens:** reply, relate, happen, part, not forget, mention · **To what, where:** Mannikin, event, deadly quarrel, involved Farda, faithful friend, few thousands 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 (that, services, event, 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:pg7277:16:75 # text = Mannikin at once replied, relating all that had happened since they parted, not forgetting to mention the event which had just involved Farda-Kinbras and Brandatimor in this deadly quarrel, and he ended by entreating his faithful friend to despatch a few thousands of his veteran spaniels to his assistance. 1 Mannikin mannikin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 at at SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 advmod _ _ 4 replied reply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 relating relate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 11 since since SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 parted part VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 forgetting forget VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 mention mention VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 event event NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 just just ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 involved involved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 Farda Farda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Kinbras Kinbras PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 Brandatimor Brandatimor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 32 deadly deadly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 quarrel quarrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 38 by by SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 entreating entreat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 despatch despatch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 48 of of SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 veteran veteran NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 spaniels spaniel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 52 to to 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 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | participle | | Mannikin *not said here* | | | | once *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **relate** | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **happen** | past · perfect | that | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **part** | past | services *= service* | | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **not** **forget** | gerund | services *= service* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **mention** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | services *= service* *not said here* | the event | | this deadly quarrel | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent event=Topic | | 7 | **have** | past | the event | involved Farda and Kinbras and Brandatimor | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **end** | past | Mannikin | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 9 | **entreat** | gerund | Mannikin *not said here* | | Mannikin's faithful friend | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient | | 10 | **despatch** | to-infinitive | Mannikin *not said here* | a few thousands | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **spaniel** | present | Mannikin's veteran | | | | | to Mannikin's assistance | tree rules | | 12 | **assist** | | Mannikin | | | | | | nom assistance «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/74/) - next →: [Heart of Ice, part 4, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/1/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/)