--- title: Now, Hok Lee knew how much depended on his dancing well, so he pluck… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now, Hok Lee knew how much depended on his dancing well, so he plucked up a good spirit and began, first quite slowly, and faster by degrees, and he danced so well and gracefully, and made such new and wonderful steps, that the dwarfs were quite delighted with him. Who acts: Hok, dwarfs. 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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, dwarfs), 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:pg7277:31:66 # text = Now, Hok Lee knew how much depended on his dancing well, so he plucked up a good spirit and began, first quite slowly, and faster by degrees, and he danced so well and gracefully, and made such new and wonderful steps, that the dwarfs were quite delighted with him. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Hok Hok PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 Lee Lee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 7 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ _ 8 depended depend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 dancing dancing NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 plucked pluck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 26 advmod _ _ 25 quite quite ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 faster fast ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 22 parataxis _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 degrees degree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 gracefully gracefully ADV RB _ 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 43 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 44 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 conj _ _ 47 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 dwarfs dwarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nsubj _ _ 52 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 53 quite quite ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ _ 55 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | Hok | much | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer much=Stimulus | | 2 | **depend** | participle | | | | | | on Hok's dancing; well *property* | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on dancing=Theme | | 3 | **pluck up** | past | Hok | a good spirit | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spirit=Patient | | 4 | **begin** | past | Hok *not said here* | | | | | slowly *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **dance** | past | Hok | | | | | well *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **make** | past | Hok *not said here* | such new steps | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset step=Product | | 7 | **is** | past | the dwarfs | | | | | with Hok; delighted *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **dance** | | Hok | | | | | | nom dancing «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/31/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/31/67/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Hok Lee and the Dwarfs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/31/)