--- title: All the army of Farda-Kinbras could do, being so heavily outnumbered… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: All the army of Farda-Kinbras could do, being so heavily outnumbered, was to act upon the defensive, and before long Mannikin won the esteem of the officers for his ability, and of the soldiers for his courage, and care for their welfare, and in all the skirmishes which he conducted he had the good --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/4/) [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/) / 4 # The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 4, sentence 4 All the army of Farda-Kinbras could do, being so heavily outnumbered, was to act upon the defensive, and before long Mannikin won the esteem of the officers for his ability, and of the soldiers for his courage, and care for their welfare, and in all the skirmishes which he conducted he had the good fortune to vanquish the enemy. **Who acts:** army, skirmishes, Mannikin · **What happens:** do, outnumber, be, win, care, conduct · **To what, where:** skirmishes, esteem, good fortune, enemy, officers 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 (army, skirmishes, 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:pg7277:17:4 # text = All the army of Farda-Kinbras could do, being so heavily outnumbered, was to act upon the defensive, and before long Mannikin won the esteem of the officers for his ability, and of the soldiers for his courage, and care for their welfare, and in all the skirmishes which he conducted he had the good fortune to vanquish the enemy. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Farda Farda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Kinbras Kinbras PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 aux:pass _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 heavily heavily ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 outnumbered outnumber VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 act act VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 19 upon upon ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 defensive defensive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 before before ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 Mannikin Mannikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 27 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 esteem esteem NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 ability ability NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 care care VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 welfare welfare NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 55 det:predet _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 skirmishes skirmish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 56 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 nsubj _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 conducted conduct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 acl:relcl _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 ccomp _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 vanquish vanquish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 acl _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | could | all army of Farda and Kinbras | | | all skirmishes | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **outnumber** | gerund · passive | all army of Farda and Kinbras *not said here* | | | | | heavily *property* | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP» | | 3 | **is** | past | all army of Farda and Kinbras *not said here* | | | | | upon the defensive; act *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **win** | past | | the esteem of the officers | | | before long Mannikin | for Mannikin's ability | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent esteem=Theme for ability=Beneficiary | | 5 | **care** | infinitive | | | | | | for officers's welfare | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for welfare=Theme | | 6 | **conduct** | past | all skirmishes | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | past | Mannikin | the good fortune | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Patient | | 8 | **vanquish** | to-infinitive | Mannikin *not said here* | the enemy | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **esteem** | | | the officers | | | | | nom esteem «state 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/5/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/)