The crew was made up of accomplished sailors and thus were h

The crew was made up of accomplished sailors and thus were highly paid to do the work on the ship.
请高手帮我分析一下上面句子的结构 那个thus把我弄得有点晕 、
还有一问：
At this point,the little boy came out running towards his mother with tears in his eyes.
这里的came out怎么翻译?两个题