The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 3, sentence 37

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 · What happens: have, turn, assure, kill, call, bade · To what, where: Fadasse, mercy, Princess, desire, anyone, Mannikin · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (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	So	so	ADV	_	2 soon	advmod
2	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	20 assured	advmod
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 had	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 soon	advcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 had	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 mercy	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mercy	nmod:poss
9	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 soon	punct
11	however	however	ADV	_	20 assured	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 however	punct
13	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 assured	nsubj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 turning	punct
15	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 Mannikin	acl
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 Princess	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Princess	det
18	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 turning	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Mannikin	punct
20	assured	assure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 assured	iobj
22	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 had	mark
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 had	nsubj
24	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 assured	ccomp
25	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	26 desire	det
26	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 had	obj
27	to	to	PART	_	28 kill	mark
28	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 desire	acl
29	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	28 kill	obj
30	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 called	nsubj
31	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 anyone	acl:relcl
32	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	31 called	obj
33	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 courtier	nmod:poss
34	courtier	courtier	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 called	xcomp
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 bade	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 bade	cc
37	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	39 bade	advmod
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 bade	nsubj
39	bade	bade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 assured	conj
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 furious	det
41	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 bade	obj
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 humiliated	cc
43	humiliated	humiliate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 bade	conj
44	Fadasse	Fadasse	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 rise	compound
45	rise	rise	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 humiliated	obj
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 thank	cc
47	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	43 humiliated	conj
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 Princess	det
49	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 thank	obj
50	to	to	ADP	_	51 whom	case
51	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 thank	obl
52	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 owed	nsubj
53	owed	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 whom	acl:relcl
54	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 life	nmod:poss
55	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 owed	obj
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 assured	punct

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.

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