The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 2, sentence 4

When they found that Prince Mannikin, instead of saying, ‘Shoot them,’ as they had feared, said ‘Hi, good dog!’ in a thoroughly friendly and ingratiating way, they crowded round him with a great wagging of tails and giving of paws, and very soon made him understand that they wanted him to leave his men with the boat and follow them.

Who acts: forms, Mannikin · What happens: find, say, shoot, fear, ingratiate, crowd · To what, where: Mannikin, forms, friendly, way, men · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (forms, 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 found	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 found	nsubj
3	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 said	advcl
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 Mannikin	mark
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Mannikin	nmod:desc
6	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 found	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 saying	punct
8	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 saying	mark
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 instead	fixed
10	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 found	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Shoot	punct
12	‘	'	PUNCT	_	13 Shoot	punct
13	Shoot	shoot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 saying	ccomp
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 Shoot	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Shoot	punct
16	’	'	PUNCT	_	13 Shoot	punct
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	20 feared	mark
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 feared	nsubj:pass
19	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 feared	aux
20	feared	fear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 Shoot	advcl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 found	punct
22	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
23	‘	'	PUNCT	_	27 dog	punct
24	Hi	hi	INTJ	_	27 dog	discourse
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 Hi	punct
26	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 dog	amod
27	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 said	ccomp
28	!	!	PUNCT	_	27 dog	punct
29	’	'	PUNCT	_	27 dog	punct
30	in	in	ADP	_	33 friendly	case
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 friendly	det
32	thoroughly	thoroughly	ADV	_	33 friendly	advmod
33	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 said	obl
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 ingratiating	cc
35	ingratiating	ingratiate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	33 friendly	conj
36	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 ingratiating	obj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 crowded	punct
38	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 crowded	nsubj
39	crowded	crowd	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 said	parataxis
40	round	round	ADP	_	41 him	case
41	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 crowded	obl
42	with	with	ADP	_	45 wagging	case
43	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 wagging	det
44	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 wagging	amod
45	wagging	wagging	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 crowded	obl
46	of	of	ADP	_	47 tails	case
47	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 wagging	nmod
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 giving	cc
49	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	39 crowded	conj
50	of	of	ADP	_	51 paws	case
51	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 giving	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 made	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 made	cc
54	very	very	ADV	_	55 soon	advmod
55	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	56 made	advmod
56	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 said	conj
57	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 made	obj
58	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 made	xcomp
59	that	that	SCONJ	_	61 wanted	mark
60	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 wanted	nsubj
61	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 understand	ccomp
62	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 wanted	obj
63	to	to	PART	_	64 leave	mark
64	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 wanted	xcomp
65	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 men	nmod:poss
66	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 leave	obj
67	with	with	ADP	_	69 boat	case
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 boat	det
69	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 leave	obl
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 follow	cc
71	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	64 leave	conj
72	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	71 follow	obj
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	find	past	forms = form	Mannikin Prince				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mannikin=Topic
2	say speech: assert	gerund	forms = form not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	shoot	infinitive		forms = form				vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
4	fear	past · perfect · passive		forms = form				vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
5	say speech: assert	past				a friendly		vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in friendly=Manner
6	ingratiate	gerund		way				tree rules
7	crowd	past	forms = form				round dog; with a great wagging of tails	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme round he=Destination
8	give	gerund	forms = form not said here				of paws	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
9	make	past		Mannikin			soon property	tree rules
10	understand	infinitive	Mannikin not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
11	want	past	forms = form	Mannikin				tree rules
12	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive	Mannikin not said here		Mannikin's men		with the boat	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent man=Recipient with boat=Theme
13	follow	infinitive	Mannikin not said here	forms = form				vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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.

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