--- title: A hook must belong to the story: an explosion in line one that is ne… — Openings that hook the reader · tree and pragmatics description: A hook must belong to the story: an explosion in line one that is never mentioned again, or a random "SKIBIDI!" shouted by a dog, grabs attention for a second and then feels like a trick. Who acts: hook. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hook), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:english:040-openings-that-hook-the-reader.lesson:5 # text = A hook must belong to the story: an explosion in line one that is never mentioned again, or a random "SKIBIDI!" shouted by a dog, grabs attention for a second and then feels like a trick. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = english # lesson = 040-openings-that-hook-the-reader.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×2, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 belong belong VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 explosion explosion NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nmod _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=10:nmod|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 16 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 mentioned mention VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 again again ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 random random NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=24:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 24 SKIBIDI skibidi NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=22:appos|HaikuPos=PROPN:NNP:Number=Sing 25 ! ! PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 27 shouted shout VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=22:acl 28 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 grabs grab VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 33 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 32 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 39 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 40 like like ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **belong** | must | a hook | | | | | to the story | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **mention** *speech: other* | present · passive | | | | | again | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | participle | | SKIBIDI *not said here* | | | | by a dog | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **grab** | present | a hook *not said here* | attention | | | | for a second | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent attention=Theme for second=Beneficiary | | 5 | **feel** | present | a hook *not said here* | | | | then | like a trick | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like trick=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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:english:040-openings-that-hook-the-reader.lesson:5`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×2, R8-pos-agree ×2. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Openings that hook the reader, 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/40-openings-that-hook-the-reader/4/) - next →: [Openings that hook the reader, 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/40-openings-that-hook-the-reader/7/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/40-openings-that-hook-the-reader/)