--- title: But no sooner had he given the order to charge than the Spaniels, wh… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But no sooner had he given the order to charge than the Spaniels, who had mingled with his troops unperceived, leaped each upon the horse nearest to him, and not only threw the whole squadron into confusion by the terror they caused, but, springing at the throats of the riders, unhorsed many of them --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/12/) [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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/) / 12 # The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 4, sentence 12 But no sooner had he given the order to charge than the Spaniels, who had mingled with his troops unperceived, leaped each upon the horse nearest to him, and not only threw the whole squadron into confusion by the terror they caused, but, springing at the throats of the riders, unhorsed many of them by the suddenness of their attack; then turning the horses to the rear, they spread consternation everywhere, and made it easy for Prince Mannikin to gain a complete victory. **Who acts:** counsel, Spaniels, orders · **What happens:** give, charge, mingle, unperceiv, leap, not throw · **To what, where:** order, whole squadron, confusion, terror, throats, many This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (counsel, Spaniels, orders), 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:pg7277:17:12 # text = But no sooner had he given the order to charge than the Spaniels, who had mingled with his troops unperceived, leaped each upon the horse nearest to him, and not only threw the whole squadron into confusion by the terror they caused, but, springing at the throats of the riders, unhorsed many of them by the suddenness of their attack; then turning the horses to the rear, they spread consternation everywhere, and made it easy for Prince Mannikin to gain a complete victory. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 3 det _ _ 3 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 charge charge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 11 than than ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Spaniels Spaniels PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 mingled mingle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 troops troops NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 17 obl _ _ 21 unperceived unperceiv VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 leaped leap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 24 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 23 advmod _ _ 25 upon upon ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:agent _ _ 28 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 27 amod _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 34 only only ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 squadron squadron NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 confusion confusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 47 but but CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 springing spring VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 57 ccomp _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 throats throat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 riders rider NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 57 unhorsed unhorse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 58 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 obj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nmod _ _ 61 by by ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 suddenness suddenness NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 attack attack NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ; ; PUNCT : _ 69 punct _ _ 68 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 69 advmod _ _ 69 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 obj _ _ 72 to to ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 rear rear NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 76 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 77 spread spread VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 78 consternation consternation NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obj _ _ 79 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 77 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 81 and and CCONJ CC _ 82 cc _ _ 82 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 77 advcl _ _ 83 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 82 obj _ _ 84 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 82 xcomp _ _ 85 for for ADP IN _ 86 case _ _ 86 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 84 obl _ _ 87 Mannikin Mannikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 86 flat _ _ 88 to to PART TO _ 89 mark _ _ 89 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 84 ccomp _ _ 90 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 92 det _ _ 91 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 92 amod _ _ 92 victory victory NOUN NN Number=Sing 89 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 93 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · perfect | counsel | the order | | | | soon *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | | 2 | **charge** | to-infinitive | counsel *not said here* | | | | | than the Spaniels | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **mingle** | past · perfect | the Spaniels | | | | | with counsel's troops | tree rules | | 4 | **unperceiv** | participle | the Spaniels *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **leap** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **throw** | past | | the whole squadron | | | | into confusion *result*; by the terror | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer squadron=Theme into confusion=Result | | 7 | **cause** | past | orders *= order* | the terror *not said here* | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition terror=Patient | | 8 | **spring** | gerund | | | | the throats of the riders | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at throat=Trajectory | | 9 | **unhorse** | past | | many of orders | | | | by the suddenness of orders's attack | tree rules | | 10 | **turn** | gerund | | the horses | | the rear | then | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent horse=Theme to rear=Trajectory | | 11 | **spread** | present | orders *= order* | consternation | | | | everywhere *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location consternation=Theme | | 12 | **make** | past | orders *= order* *not said here* | consternation | | | | easy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 13 | **gain** | to-infinitive | orders *= order* *not said here* | a complete victory | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victory=Theme | | 14 | **attack** | | orders *= order* | | | | | | nom attack «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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/13/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/)