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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	6 given	cc
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 sooner	det
3	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 given	advmod
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 given	aux
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 given	nsubj
6	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	23 leaped	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 order	det
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 charge	mark
10	charge	charge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 given	advcl
11	than	than	ADP	_	13 Spaniels	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Spaniels	det
13	Spaniels	Spaniels	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 charge	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 mingled	punct
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 mingled	nsubj
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 mingled	aux
17	mingled	mingle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 Spaniels	acl:relcl
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 troops	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 troops	nmod:poss
20	troops	troops	NOUN	Number=Ptan	17 mingled	obl
21	unperceived	unperceiv	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 mingled	xcomp
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 leaped	punct
23	leaped	leap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
24	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	23 leaped	advmod
25	upon	upon	ADP	_	27 horse	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 horse	det
27	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 leaped	obl:agent
28	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	27 horse	amod
29	to	to	ADP	_	30 him	case
30	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 nearest	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 threw	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 threw	cc
33	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	35 threw	advmod
34	only	only	ADV	_	35 threw	advmod
35	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 leaped	parataxis
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 squadron	det
37	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 squadron	amod
38	squadron	squadron	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 threw	obj
39	into	into	ADP	_	40 confusion	case
40	confusion	confusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 threw	obl
41	by	by	ADP	_	43 terror	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 terror	det
43	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 threw	obl
44	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 caused	nsubj
45	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 terror	acl:relcl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 unhorsed	punct
47	but	but	CCONJ	_	57 unhorsed	cc
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 springing	punct
49	springing	spring	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	57 unhorsed	ccomp
50	at	at	ADP	_	52 throats	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 throats	det
52	throats	throat	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 springing	obl
53	of	of	ADP	_	55 riders	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 riders	det
55	riders	rider	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 throats	nmod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 springing	punct
57	unhorsed	unhorse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 threw	conj
58	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 unhorsed	obj
59	of	of	ADP	_	60 them	case
60	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 many	nmod
61	by	by	ADP	_	63 suddenness	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 suddenness	det
63	suddenness	suddenness	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 unhorsed	obl
64	of	of	ADP	_	66 attack	case
65	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 attack	nmod:poss
66	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 suddenness	nmod
67	;	;	PUNCT	_	69 turning	punct
68	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	69 turning	advmod
69	turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	23 leaped	advcl
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 horses	det
71	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 turning	obj
72	to	to	ADP	_	74 rear	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 rear	det
74	rear	rear	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 turning	obl
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 spread	punct
76	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 spread	nsubj
77	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 leaped	parataxis
78	consternation	consternation	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 spread	obj
79	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	77 spread	advmod
80	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 made	punct
81	and	and	CCONJ	_	82 made	cc
82	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	77 spread	advcl
83	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	82 made	obj
84	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	82 made	xcomp
85	for	for	ADP	_	86 Prince	case
86	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	84 easy	obl
87	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	86 Prince	flat
88	to	to	PART	_	89 gain	mark
89	gain	gain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	84 easy	ccomp
90	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	92 victory	det
91	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	92 victory	amod
92	victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 gain	obj
93	.	.	PUNCT	_	23 leaped	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, 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.

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