--- title: When he had picked himself up, he came forward with a low bow, and t… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he had picked himself up, he came forward with a low bow, and the dwarf who had first spoken and who appeared to be the leader, said, ‘Now, then, who art thou, and what brings thee here?’ Who acts: Hok. 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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 (Hok), 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:pg7277:31:40 # text = When he had picked himself up, he came forward with a low bow, and the dwarf who had first spoken and who appeared to be the leader, said, ‘Now, then, who art thou, and what brings thee here?’ 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 10 forward forward ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 22 advmod _ _ 22 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 40 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 44 nsubj _ _ 44 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 45 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 obj _ _ 46 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ? ? PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick up** | past · perfect · passive | | Hok | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come forward** | past | Hok | | | | | with a low bow; forward *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | the dwarf | | | | first *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **appear** | past | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | the leader | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **bring** | present | | thee | | here | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent thou=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. - ← previous: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/31/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/31/41/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Hok Lee and the Dwarfs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/31/)