--- title: However, the doctor got the better of it in the end, for he was dete… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, the doctor got the better of it in the end, for he was determined not to part with his secret under a certain price, and Hok Lee had no mind to carry his huge cheek about with him to the end of his days. Who acts: doctor, Hok, mind. 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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 (doctor, Hok, mind), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7277:31:23 # text = However, the doctor got the better of it in the end, for he was determined not to part with his secret under a certain price, and Hok Lee had no mind to carry his huge cheek about with him to the end of his days. 1 However however ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 xcomp _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 24 under under ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 Hok Hok PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 Lee Lee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 flat _ _ 32 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 33 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 34 det _ _ 34 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 about about ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the doctor | | | | in the end | good, however *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | doctor | | | a certain price | | with doctor's secret; part *obl*; determined *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | past | Hok | no mind | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **carry** | to-infinitive | no mind *not said here* | Hok's huge cheek | | | to the end of Hok's days | with Hok; about *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cheek=Theme to end=Destination | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/31/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/31/24/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Hok Lee and the Dwarfs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/31/)