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Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora., sentence 16

When he recovered from his surprise, he began to display his acquisitions, and practised all the arts of narration and disquisition; but the poor have no leisure to be pleased with eloquence; they heard his arguments without reflection, and his pleasantries without a smile.

Who acts: Gelaleddin, poor, arts · What happens: recover, begin, display, practise, have, be · To what, where: surprise, acquisitions, arts, leisure, arguments

This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gelaleddin, poor, arts), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

The tree

advmodnsubjadvclcasenmod:possoblpunctnsubjmarkxcompnmod:possobjpunctccconjdet:predetdetobjcasenmodccconjpunctccdetnsubjparataxisdetobjmarkcopaclcaseoblpunctnsubjconjnmod:possobjcaseoblpunctccnmod:possoblcasedetnmodpunctrootWhenADVhePRONrecoveredVERBfromADPhisPRONsurpriseNOUN,PUNCThePRONbeganVERBtoPARTdisplayVERBhisPRONacquisitionsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJpractisedVERBallDETtheDETartsNOUNofADPnarrationNOUNandCCONJdisquisitionNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJtheDETpoorADJhaveVERBnoDETleisureNOUNtoPARTbeAUXpleasedADJwithADPeloquenceNOUN;PUNCTtheyPRONheardVERBhisPRONargumentsNOUNwithoutADPreflectionNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhisPRONpleasantriesNOUNwithoutADPaDETsmileNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int3 recoveredadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 recoverednsubj
3recoveredrecoverVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 beganadvcl
4fromfromADP_6 surprisecase
5hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 surprisenmod:poss
6surprisesurpriseNOUNNumber=Sing3 recoveredobl
7,,PUNCT_3 recoveredpunct
8hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 begannsubj
9beganbeginVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
10totoPART_11 displaymark
11displaydisplayVERBVerbForm=Inf9 beganxcomp
12hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 acquisitionsnmod:poss
13acquisitionsacquisitionNOUNNumber=Plur11 displayobj
14,,PUNCT_16 practisedpunct
15andandCCONJ_16 practisedcc
16practisedpractiseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 beganconj
17allallDETPronType=Tot19 artsdet:predet
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 artsdet
19artsartNOUNNumber=Plur16 practisedobj
20ofofADP_21 narrationcase
21narrationnarrationNOUNNumber=Sing19 artsnmod
22andandCCONJ_23 disquisitioncc
23disquisitiondisquisitionNOUNNumber=Sing21 narrationconj
24;;PUNCT_28 havepunct
25butbutCCONJ_28 havecc
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 poordet
27poorpoorADJDegree=Pos28 havensubj
28havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 beganparataxis
29nonoDETPronType=Neg30 leisuredet
30leisureleisureNOUNNumber=Sing28 haveobj
31totoPART_33 pleasedmark
32bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf33 pleasedcop
33pleasedpleasedADJDegree=Pos30 leisureacl
34withwithADP_35 eloquencecase
35eloquenceeloquenceNOUNNumber=Sing33 pleasedobl
36;;PUNCT_38 heardpunct
37theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs38 heardnsubj
38heardhearVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 beganconj
39hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs40 argumentsnmod:poss
40argumentsargumentNOUNNumber=Plur38 heardobj
41withoutwithoutADP_42 reflectioncase
42reflectionreflectionNOUNNumber=Sing38 heardobl
43,,PUNCT_46 pleasantriespunct
44andandCCONJ_46 pleasantriescc
45hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs46 pleasantriesnmod:poss
46pleasantriespleasantryNOUNNumber=Plur38 heardobl
47withoutwithoutADP_49 smilecase
48aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art49 smiledet
49smilesmileNOUNNumber=Sing46 pleasantriesnmod
50..PUNCT_9 beganpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1recoverpastGelaleddinGelaleddin's surprisevn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from surprise=Source
2beginpastGelaleddinvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3displayto-infinitiveGelaleddin not said hereGelaleddin's acquisitionsvn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acquisition=Theme
4practisepastGelaleddin not said hereall arts of narration and disquisitiontree rules
5havepresentthe poorno leisurevn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leisure=Patient
6isto-infinitivethe poor not said hereno leisure not said herewith eloquence; pleased propertytree rules
7hearpastarts = artGelaleddin's argumentswithout reflection; Gelaleddin's pleasantries without a smile oblvn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer argument=Stimulus
8surpriseGelaleddinnom surprise «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
9acquireGelaleddinnom acquisition «act transitive»: poss=agent
10argueGelaleddinnom argument «communication 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: «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, Project Gutenberg book 62868 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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