--- title: ‘What dost thou want?’ they asked; and Hok Lee proceeded to tell the… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘What dost thou want?’ they asked; and Hok Lee proceeded to tell them of his fresh misfortunes, and begged so hard to be allowed one more trial at dancing that the dwarfs consented, for there is nothing they love so much as being amused. Who acts: thou, dwarfs, Hok, nothing. 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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 (thou, dwarfs, Hok, nothing), 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:pg7277:31:65 # text = ‘What dost thou want?’ they asked; and Hok Lee proceeded to tell them of his fresh misfortunes, and begged so hard to be allowed one more trial at dancing that the dwarfs consented, for there is nothing they love so much as being amused. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 3 dost do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj _ _ 5 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 Hok Hok PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 Lee Lee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ _ 14 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 misfortunes misfortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 31 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 amod _ _ 32 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 dancing dancing NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 dwarfs dwarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 38 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 42 expl _ _ 42 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 43 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 42 nsubj _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 46 so so ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 obj _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 amused amuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present · do-support | thou | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | dwarfs *= dwarf* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **proceed** | past | Hok | | | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Hok *not said here* | | dwarfs *= dwarf* | | | of Hok's fresh misfortunes | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | | | | | | hard *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **allow** | to-infinitive · passive | | one more trial | | dancing | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING» | | 7 | **consent** | past | the dwarfs | dancing *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | present | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **love** | present | dwarfs *= dwarf* | much | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer much=Stimulus | | 10 | **amuse** | gerund · passive | dwarfs *= dwarf* *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/31/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/31/66/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Hok Lee and the Dwarfs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/31/)